Theatre Guild of Simsbury presents
A Season of Staged Readings
Mark your calendars to join us Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. in the Simsbury Public Library for a variety of readers’ theater performances in 2018. From January through June, talented local directors and actors will offer a broad cross section of plays for your afternoon delight.
January 28, 2018 (Auditions January 10)
Spoon River Anthology adapted by Charles Aidman based on Edgar Lee Masters poems
~ In this beautifully haunting play, the former residents of Spoon River examine life and the longing for what might have been.
Directed by: Olivia Piper
February 25, 2018
Incendiary by Adam Szymkowicz
~ A dark comedy about an arsonist, fire chief, detective, psychologist, and corporate spy.
Directed by Anthony Urillo
March 18, 2018 (auditions Feb. 26, 28)
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies
~ A funny yet bittersweet examination of marriage, the dissolution of marriage,
and its dramatic effects on the lives of two couples who have been close friends for a dozen years.
Directed by Gina Vitolo-Stevens
April 15, 2017
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
~ Sensitive and probing, this play examines the subtle and often perilous relationship between a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother.
Directed by Ingrid Smith
May 20, 2018
An afternoon of Original Plays by Betsy Maguire, local playwright
~ Funny, quirky, and full of insight, these short plays showcase this playwright’s talent. Stick around to discuss them with her.
Directed by Karen Sidel, with a talk back including playwright Betsy Maguire
June 17, 2018
Nuts by Tom Topor
~ A courtroom melodrama that explores sexual abuse, family and social power dynamics, and aspects of the criminal court system.
Directed by Colleen Renzullo
Families, relationships, humor, drama—we’ll have something for everyone. And we’ll always have cookies, too!
A Season of Staged Readings
Mark your calendars to join us Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. in the Simsbury Public Library for a variety of readers’ theater performances in 2018. From January through June, talented local directors and actors will offer a broad cross section of plays for your afternoon delight.
January 28, 2018 (Auditions January 10)
Spoon River Anthology adapted by Charles Aidman based on Edgar Lee Masters poems
~ In this beautifully haunting play, the former residents of Spoon River examine life and the longing for what might have been.
Directed by: Olivia Piper
February 25, 2018
Incendiary by Adam Szymkowicz
~ A dark comedy about an arsonist, fire chief, detective, psychologist, and corporate spy.
Directed by Anthony Urillo
March 18, 2018 (auditions Feb. 26, 28)
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies
~ A funny yet bittersweet examination of marriage, the dissolution of marriage,
and its dramatic effects on the lives of two couples who have been close friends for a dozen years.
Directed by Gina Vitolo-Stevens
April 15, 2017
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
~ Sensitive and probing, this play examines the subtle and often perilous relationship between a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother.
Directed by Ingrid Smith
May 20, 2018
An afternoon of Original Plays by Betsy Maguire, local playwright
~ Funny, quirky, and full of insight, these short plays showcase this playwright’s talent. Stick around to discuss them with her.
Directed by Karen Sidel, with a talk back including playwright Betsy Maguire
June 17, 2018
Nuts by Tom Topor
~ A courtroom melodrama that explores sexual abuse, family and social power dynamics, and aspects of the criminal court system.
Directed by Colleen Renzullo
Families, relationships, humor, drama—we’ll have something for everyone. And we’ll always have cookies, too!
