WHAT IS THE SIGNATURE SERIES?
The Signature Series at Town and Country Players is a program created to provide playwrights the opportunity to develop new works in a variety of ways. Staged Readings, Workshops and World Premiere Productions are all part of the overall plan for the program. The Signature Series has also been created for the Town and Country Community to share in the exciting process of new play development, whether it’s as a writer, actor, director or member of the audience.
Playwrights are always looking to hear their written word brought to life for the first time, whether it is in a rehearsal room around a table or on the stage. The process does not end once the first draft of a play is written. It continues to evolve and change and grow. Growth for a piece of art that is meant to be performed needs the energy of the spoken word for it to take its next step in the creative process. Town and Country Players hopes to provide this to new and emerging playwrights. The program hopes to nurture new talent and develop many different kinds of plays, from one-acts to family plays to full-length comedies and dramas.
And while the program’s goal is aimed at writers, it also hopes to bring in members of the community and the theatre to experience the process that goes into the creation of a new play. The evolution of a new play is an exciting one to share and witness. The hope of this program is that this process can be seen and shared by the Town and Country Community at large.
A long-term goal of the program would be the opportunity for anyone who has even entertained the idea of writing but wasn’t sure if they should, if they could or how to even get started. Playwriting is an art form unlike any other, but like all art, it doesn’t happen on its own— it needs that first step to get it up and running. And in the case of playwriting, it’s the first word that is put on that blank page that begins the process. But as noted above, this is a long-term goal of the program.
The first step in the process for The Signature Series at Town and Country Players— letting the playwriting community know that Town and Country Players is a destination for playwrights with an eye on the future.
Playwrights are always looking to hear their written word brought to life for the first time, whether it is in a rehearsal room around a table or on the stage. The process does not end once the first draft of a play is written. It continues to evolve and change and grow. Growth for a piece of art that is meant to be performed needs the energy of the spoken word for it to take its next step in the creative process. Town and Country Players hopes to provide this to new and emerging playwrights. The program hopes to nurture new talent and develop many different kinds of plays, from one-acts to family plays to full-length comedies and dramas.
And while the program’s goal is aimed at writers, it also hopes to bring in members of the community and the theatre to experience the process that goes into the creation of a new play. The evolution of a new play is an exciting one to share and witness. The hope of this program is that this process can be seen and shared by the Town and Country Community at large.
A long-term goal of the program would be the opportunity for anyone who has even entertained the idea of writing but wasn’t sure if they should, if they could or how to even get started. Playwriting is an art form unlike any other, but like all art, it doesn’t happen on its own— it needs that first step to get it up and running. And in the case of playwriting, it’s the first word that is put on that blank page that begins the process. But as noted above, this is a long-term goal of the program.
The first step in the process for The Signature Series at Town and Country Players— letting the playwriting community know that Town and Country Players is a destination for playwrights with an eye on the future.
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?
