2021 T&C’s New Play Reading Series
As a part of the Signature Series, T&C is hosting a New Play Reading Series March 2021. This series will feature four original, unpublished, and unproduced works and will be performed as a virtual reading Sundays in March. After each reading, there will be a discussion held with the director, performers, and playwright if present.
As a part of the Signature Series, T&C is hosting a New Play Reading Series March 2021. This series will feature four original, unpublished, and unproduced works and will be performed as a virtual reading Sundays in March. After each reading, there will be a discussion held with the director, performers, and playwright if present.
Town and Country’s Signature Series Presents:
Original Full Length Virtual Play Readings
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Sunday March 14 @ 1:00 Backstage Fairytale
by Michael John McGoldrick |
Sunday March 21 @ 1:00
Cozy Murder by Judy Klass |
Sunday March 28 @ 1:00
Miss Woodhouse Presents by Kayla Hambek |
Sunday, March 7th, 2021, 1pm EST
The Sexton by David Rousculp
Directed by Alana Caraccio
The almost forgotten Pioneer Cemetery has some frustrated souls trapped at their graves.
Their luck changes when the new sexton can see and hear them.
But time may run out when the cemetery is at risk of being moved.
Cast:
Wally Boswell - Dave Levy
Maggie Green - Kim O'Byrne
Karen Peterson - Suzzanne Ardite
Elvis Presley AKA Amy English - Susan Galli
Ruby Goldsmith - Jean Laustsen
Charles Worthington - Ken Marblestone
“Gunny” J.B. Evilsizer - Joe Perignat
Bishop Darwin Mountain - Shan Williams
Reverend Steve Adams - Chris Serpico
Jacques Diesel - Gary Beck
Mr. Worthington, Voice Over - Peter Plante
Wally Boswell - Dave Levy
Maggie Green - Kim O'Byrne
Karen Peterson - Suzzanne Ardite
Elvis Presley AKA Amy English - Susan Galli
Ruby Goldsmith - Jean Laustsen
Charles Worthington - Ken Marblestone
“Gunny” J.B. Evilsizer - Joe Perignat
Bishop Darwin Mountain - Shan Williams
Reverend Steve Adams - Chris Serpico
Jacques Diesel - Gary Beck
Mr. Worthington, Voice Over - Peter Plante
Sunday, March 14th, 2021, 1pm EST
Backstage Fairytale by Michael John McGoldrick
Directed by Jessica Briggs
A writer meets up with his former lover, now a successful New York actor, to reveal he's written a play about her. A romantic comedy about romantic comedies and the psychic needs that drive the creative spirit.
Cast:
Adam - Adam Zucal
Celeste - Noelle Fiorentino
Sunday, March 21st, 2021, 1pm EST
Cozy Murder by Judy Klass
Directed by Jim Moore
People involved in a summer mystery play festival run by overbearing Foster Connelly gather at a small-town B&B in Maine. When death strikes the festival, the local cop assumes it was from natural causes, but others are skeptical, since many had possible motives for murder, and the corpse was found with a tea cozy on its face. But if there has been a murder in the B&B – whodunit, how, and why?
Cast:
Rowena Althorpe - Val Sharper
Foster Connelly - David Swartz
Emma Taylor - Dana Joy Carducci
Morris King - Sheldon Bruce Zeff
Geraldine Wilcox - Meg Waldowski
Lily Althorpe - Roseann Enwright
Sandy Hickenlooper - Florence Taylor
Police Chief Dutton - Jason Tolbert
Rowena Althorpe - Val Sharper
Foster Connelly - David Swartz
Emma Taylor - Dana Joy Carducci
Morris King - Sheldon Bruce Zeff
Geraldine Wilcox - Meg Waldowski
Lily Althorpe - Roseann Enwright
Sandy Hickenlooper - Florence Taylor
Police Chief Dutton - Jason Tolbert
Sunday, March 28th, 2021, 1pm EST
Miss Woodhouse Presents by Kayla Hambek
Directed by Janemarie Cloutier
Handsome, clever, and rich Emma Woodhouse wants nothing more than to share her talents with the world. What better way than her own TV show? Showrunner George Knightley and research assistant Harriet Smith do their best to keep Emma on track, but that doesn't prevent Austen's feisty heroine from giving her opinion on the love lives of Austen's other beloved characters, from the Bennetts to the Dashwoods to Anne Elliot. But, is Emma truly content marrying off everyone else and staying single, or is love in the air for the world's most determined matchmaker?
Cast:
Emma Woodhouse (Emma)- Jenny McNiven
Harriet Smith (Emma)- Caitlin Davies
George Knightly (Emma) - Evan Creedon
Charlotte Lucas (Pride & Prejudice)- Carly Price Moore
Charlotte Palmer (Sense & Sensibility)
Isabella Thorpe (Northanger Abbey)
Anne Elliot (Persuasion)
Lydia Bennet (Pride & Prejudice) - Mia Schibel Woods
Marianne Dashwood (Sense & Sensibility)
Fanny Price (Mansfield Park)
Jane Bennet (Pride & Prejudice)
Miss Bates (Emma)
Kitty Bennet (Pride & Prejudice) - Caity Logan
Elinor Dashwood (Sense & Sensibility)
Henrietta Musgrove (Persuasion)
Georgiana Darcy (Pride & Prejudice)
Jane Fairfax (Emma) - Colby Langweiler
Lizzy Bennet (Pride & Prejudice)
Lucy Steele (Sense & Sensibility)
Mary Musgrove (Persuasion)
Julia Bertram (Mansfield Park)
Edmund Bertram (Mansfield Park)- Brian Jason Kelly
Frank Churchill (Emma)
Colonel Brandon (Sense & Sensibility)
Captain Wentworth (Persuasion)
Mr. Darcy (Pride & Prejudice)
Bobby Martin (Emma)
Mrs. Bennett (voiceover)(Pride & Prejudice)- Matthew Ballow
Mr. Elton (Emma)
Edward Ferrars (Sense & Sensibility)
Mr. Collins (Pride & Prejudice)
Captain Harville (Persuasion)
Charles Bingley (Pride & Prejudice)
2018 NEW PLAY READING SERIES
Each of the readings will take place on Sunday afternoons at 2pm in the Holloway Hall at Town and Country Players.
COLD STUN
February 4
Written by Rob Rosiello 
Directed by Sarah LeClair Synopsis A missing matriarch... An unannounced guest... And an unexplained natural phenomenon. As Fall descends on the isolated beaches of the Outer Cape, the Cook Family is confronted with the sins of the past while struggling to hold together any chance at a future. Cast Randall Cook: Ken Stephon Taylor Porter Smith: Jen Newby Marabeth Cook: Valerie Sharper Erin O’Reilly Cook: Danielle Malat |
HEARTS OF STONEFebruary 11
Written by Donna Hoke 
Directed by Jim Moore Synopsis Lydia Stokes is dreaming about dead psych patients--while she’s awake. She believes they need her help; her husband believes she’s out of her mind. Is there any way they can both be right?. Cast Lydia: Meg Waldowski Roy: Jim McIntosh Lizley: Carly Price Doomsday: Rob Rosiello DeGaulle: Michael Schiumo Dummy: Kris Ballerini |
KENTUCKY LEMONADE
February 18
Written by Julie Zaffarano 
Directed by Jean Brenner Synopsis Kentucky Lemonade is the story of two sisters, their mother and their aunt, brought together by the death of Dorothy's husband... Audrey and Marilyn's father. In the midst of their grief and practical need to move on, a family secret is revealed that changes how they define themselves. Funerals often bring out both the best and worst of people in what is said and what is not. This story is no exception. The story is set in Cleveland, Ohio, in the summertime. Cast Dorothy (Mother): Fran Young Jean (Dorothy's Sister): Linda Walsh Audrey: Alana Caraccio Marilyn: Jean Laustsen Narrator: Nancy Vander Zwan |
2017
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Destiny is a Careless Waiter by Julie Zaffarano featuring Elio Edward Lleo Darlene Sacco Haley Schmalbach Tim Tolen |
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Direct Intervention by Ben Connor featuring Erin Markham Steve Niles Meg Waldowski |
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Honky Tonk Queen by Rob Rosiello featuring Alana Caraccio Ashley DeAntonio |
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Imaginary Friends by Jeffrey James Keyes featuring Kris Ballerini Mary Saile Stephanie Rogers Smith |
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A Reunion of Sorts by Jerry Lacey featuring Kimberlee Arnott-Weidman Sue Burke-McKay John Fogarty James Kirkwood Joseph Perignat |
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