Don't Miss our "Reader's Theatre" Season!

Born Yesterday A Comedy by Garson Kanin
September 7, 8, 14, 15,16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29
Directed by Joseph Angelieri
The vulgar, egotistic, Harry Brock has come to Washington to make crooked deals with government bigwigs. He brought with him the charming but dumb ex-chorus girl Billie. A magazine reporter, who has been investigating political skullduggery, and unbeknownst to Brock is interested in Brock's activities. He is hired by Brock to educate Billie. She quickly learns about history, politics, business and what Brock really is.

A Talent for Murder A Mystery by Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama
October 26, 27. November 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17
Directed by Michael and Lynn Fugate
An internationally successful mystery novelist's relatives wouldn't mind killing her to get their hands on her art collection. The banter between the novelist and the savvy butler and between the novelist and the live-in doctor (who was once the novelist's lover) provides comic delight and relief from the mayhem being planned by the family.

Sunday in New York A Comedy by Norman Krasna
January 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9
Directed by Betty Detamore
A young lady from Albany fleeing from her fiancée, who wants to have sex, comes to New York to visit her brother She meets an engaging young man on a Fifth Ave. bus and becomes hopelessly and physically attracted to him. Her fiancee arrives unexpectedly to claim her and finds her and her new friend in bathrobes. A small fib, told to avoid a misunderstanding, grows and soon unravels as complications multiply uproariously.

Don't Dress for Dinner A Comedy by Marc Camoletti
March 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 April 5, 6
Directed by Barbara Wells
Bernard is planning a weekend with his mistress. He has hired a gourmet cook, is packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother's, and has invited his best friend, Robert, to provide an alibi. It is foolproof. What could possibly go wrong? Suppose Robert doesn't know why he has been invited? Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers? What happens if the cook is mistaken for the mistress and the mistress can't cook? Mix these ingredients and you have the recipe for an evening of hilarious confusion.

Annie Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, Book by Thomas Meehan
June 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29
Directed by Mike and Cindy Ward
Annie, an 11-year-old longs for her parents to rescue her from the Municipal Orphanage and its mean-spirited matron, Agatha Hannigan. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to adopt her, but he must first deal with Miss Hannigan's opportunistic schemes.