Readers Theater

Saturday, December 17 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 p.m. "It's a Wonderful Life:" A Live Radio Play! Tuesday, January 3, 7:00 p.m. Gualala Arts Center "2" by Romulus Linney Romulus Linney (1931-2011) is "one of America's best kept secrets." His 35 plays have been produced in theatres across the U.S. and in Europe. He has received an Obie Award and many fellowships and grants. The Signature Theater of New York has a theater named after him. In this two act play, "2," Linney scrutinizes Hitler's infamous second-in-command, Hermann Göring, behind the scenes at the Nuremberg trials. Listeners are always welcome.

The Readers Theater group was started in the early 1990s for the simple purpose of providing its members the enjoyment of reading a play together.

In readers theater there are no rehearsals, no costumes or stage movements, just the power of the play's lines, and the voices and faces of the members seated around the table.

The group reads everything from classic tragedies or comedies to more recently written plays / radio plays by a great variety of playwrights. Occasionally prose and poetry are chosen as well. Participating in Readers Theater is a great alternate way to taste the world of acting.

The group's membership numbers between 15 and 20.

One of the members serves as the year's coordinator and takes care of scheduling and publicity. All members take turns as director of the monthly meetings. The director chooses the play to be read, assigns parts to those who have signed up to read and provides copies of the script for practice well in time before the meeting.

Readers Theater meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the conference room at the Gualala Arts Center. The title of the play and the name of the director are published each month in the "Independent Coast Observer."

Prospective members and listeners are always welcome.

Contact Jane Simmonds at 886-5148 for more information.

The Gualala Arts Center, located at 46501 Gualala Road in Gualala, CA,
is open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Please call (707) 884-1138 for more information, or email info@gualalaarts.org.

Serving the coastal communities of northern Sonoma & southern Mendocino Counties.