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May 1, 2005
A reading of “Black Comedy,” by Peter Shaffer, will be held in the green room at 51 Walden Street on Saturday, May 7, at 2 pm. All members are welcome, to read or to listen. “Black Comedy” is a possible replacement for “Dolly West’s Kitchen,” which was announced for next season, but is unavailable for production at this time. If any member has a play they would like to bring to a future reading, please contact Rik Pierce at rikp@pobox.com . Prepare enough copies of the play to cover the entire cast. You can get them from the library or play suppliers (see links - theatrical publishers). Speaking of Peter Shaffer, Kirsten Gould will direct “Amadeus” by Peter Shaffer at the Vokes Theatre in Wayland in March 2006. Talene Monahon has been cast as Mary Lennox, Mark Nimar as Colin and Christian Milde as Dickon in the Belmont Dramatic Club production of “The Secret Garden.” Director Donna Johns and music director Joseph Reid have assembled a splendid and accomplished cast for this beautiful show. Performances are May 6, 14 and 15 at 8pmand May 14 at 3pm at the Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont, MA. For more information call (617) 489-2529, or go to www.belmontdramaticclub.org. Susie Baldwin, producer extraordinaire of our current production of The Memory of Water, has a new e-mail address. It’s susanbal@verizon.net. Our Back Pages 10 Years Ago: Dorothy Schecter directs William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on a grand scale. 25 Years Ago: Jack Sweet and Susan Ellsworth produce Picnic, by William Inge. 50 Years Ago: The Concord Players present Eugene O’Neill’s Ah! Wilderness. 100 Years Ago: The quintessential show-biz paper, “Variety,” is founded in New York City. Isadora Duncan establishes the first school of modern dance in Berlin.
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