Series 3 – 2023 Summer Staged Reading Series

August 4th, 7pm

Taken

by Susan Jackson

TAKEN begins with a newspaper article of an evicted tenant who commits suicide while living in a San Francisco. The face is familiar; is it Corrie’s brother Ben (now known as “Sam”) who was forced out of her family’s home eight years ago because he was a drug addict? Against her husband’s wishes, Corrie travels to San Francisco to meet with the enigmatic Sgt. Bakley and face the landlady who evicted her brother.

For the Love of a Good Man

by JS Jacklin

Call it creeping tedium, or simply being stuck in the marital doldrums, For the Love of a Good Man seeks to find a remedy. The answer, of course, is to do what’s best for a marriage where even ‘love’ has become a questionable ideal. To this end, sixty year old COLLEEN, now retired, devises a scheme she believes will spark a new beginning for herself and her husband RICHARD. Her method however, aided and abetted by her best friend Diane is a shade unconventional. As the two friends collaborate they delve deeper and deeper into questions about friendship, loyalty and love. In the end, when the truth is revealed, sparks do fly, because when push comes to shove, there’s something to be said for good men: they deserve what they get!

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August 5th, 2pm

C is for Cupid

by John Mabey

Courting still happens during the time of Covid, where love is just as beautifully complicated. This play is set during a global health crisis when there were more questions than answers. It captures one couple’s relationship which feels the same, exploring what happens as they try to navigate both.

Miss Peddy & Grace

by William Ivor Fowkes

Caroline Peddy—an experienced and dedicated caretaker of elderly loved ones—may soon be available for hire, but her current charge, octogenarian Grace Butler, sees her in a different light and has a different scenario in mind.