Page to Stage at Audi - Another Successful Day!

Thanks to all who attended our Sunday, March 27th performance

Sponsored by 

The Friends of the Audi

Featured Actors:

Christine Laplante

Donna Goldfarb

Eric Skoglund

Jocelyn Duford

Kathy Manfre

Laurie Torosian

Matte Lindsay
Bill Westenberg

In plays by playwrights:

Alan Lindsay

George Kelly

Jane Hunt

Tom Dunn

Merle Drown

Dana Biscotti Myskowski

March 6th Page to Stage a Success!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Concord City Auditorium's annual Page to Stage Series today! And thank you to the awesome actors who auditioned for us beforehand and to those who stayed an extra two hours to perform with us.

Today featured:

• THE THIN PLACE by George Kelly - Waiting for the Westbound Bus two men discover they share a commonality: personal crisis. Will they work their problems out? Erik Skoglund & Frank Budelman
• THE TOUPEE by Tom Dunn - A widow and a prostitute meet and discuss one man, one toupee, his final time making love, and what we leave behind. Kimmie Johnson & Kathy Manfre
• I KNOW YOU by Merle Drown - Are we really just a name? One woman thinks not! George Kelly & Jane Hunt 
• BARTAILED GODWIT by Jane Hunt - Three old birds flock together for warmth and companionship, but is it really such a good survival strategy? Jocelyn Duford, Christine Laplante, & Kimmie Johnson
• BACK PORCH VESPERS by Dana Biscotti Myskowski - To agree or disagree isn't the question; they clearly don't. But can they at least play nice? Alan Lindsay & Jocelyn Duford
• THIMBLE MAJOR by Alan Lindsay - Can you rename the constellations with as much aplomb as this spurned lover? Jocelyn Duford, Eric Skoglund, Christine Laplante, & David Ramsey 

The next Page to Stage reading presentation is March 27 from 3-5 p.m. at the Audi in Concord, NH. Admission is free.

Performances will take place at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, on the BU Campus, on the weekend of June 24-26.  

March Workshops Lead to June Performances

Granite Playwrights, Ink, a group of award-winning novelists, playwrights, screenwriters and actors living in the Greater Concord, New Hampshire area, premieres new short plays in the Friends of the Concord City Auditorium's annual Page to Stage Series.  The two-hour presentation offers short and wicked short plays in a workshop format on March 6 & 27 from 3-5 p.m. at the Audi in Concord, NH. Admission is free.

This two-part series showcasing the group’s work will be followed up with performances at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, on the BU Campus, on the weekend of June 24-26.  

Audi audiences will be the first to see these plays in an intimate setting. The early March date will feature many raw plays being read and workshopped, while the later March date should see plays read in a more rehearsed scripts-in-hand performance, though some of the actors may be "off book" by then, in which case audiences will get to experience premiere performances of brand new works. 


Part of the fun of a workshop event is that playwrights welcome audience feedback and questions; it's an opportunity to glimpse the creative process in action.  Actors interested in auditioning for the plays are welcome to join us on the 6th at Noon when we will be reading through the plays and assigning some of the still unassigned roles. Please contact us if you'd like to be considered for a role in the reading, and trying out for a spot in the March 27 and June performances. 


Plan to join Granite Playwrights, Ink, to see these plays:

• THE THIN PLACE by George Kelly - Waiting for the Westbound Bus two men discover they share a commonality: personal crisis. Will they work their problems out? (need two male actors: one middle aged, one older)
• THIMBLE MAJOR by Alan Lindsay - Can you rename the constellations with as much aplomb as this spurned lover? (need four actors: two men, two women, 30's)
• BARTAILED GODWIT by Jane Hunt - Three old birds flock together for warmth and companionship, but is it really such a good survival strategy? (need three actors: women of a retirement age)
• I KNOW YOU by Merle Drown - Who could we ever possibly know in a flash? (NOTE: Still awaiting confirmation of this play for the March 6 reading; may need two actors: one male, one female, uncertain age)
• THE TOUPEE by Tom Dunn - A widow and a prostitute meet and discuss one man, one toupee, his final time making love, and what we leave behind. (two women in the prime of their lives) read March 6
• GOOD-BYE SNOWBALL by Tom Dunn - A woman visits a veterinarian intending to get a prescription written (one man any age, one older woman) read March 27
• WOMAN AS CATHEDRAL OF SIN OR SANCTUM by Dana Biscotti Myskowski - To agree or disagree isn't the question; they clearly don't. But can they at least play nice? (need two actors, possibly a third for a single line [or could be read as an off stage voice], one male, one female, 30s) read March 6
• TOM'S SCHOOL OF ASPIE SPEED DATING by Dana Biscotti Myskowski What happens when five young adults with Asperger's Syndrome attend a social mixer...especially when it's organized by a neurotypical adult who really doesn't get Aspies? (need three men, three women, early 20s except for one man who may be a tad bit older) performed March 27 & in June
• NO, BUT I READ THE BOOK by Merle Drown - Brief intercessions designed to entertain...and to distract the audience from the necessary scenic changes on the open stage. (need two to three actors of any sex and any age) performed March 27 & in June

Twenty Years Together!

An update to this blog is long overdue...but we can boast twenty years together as a writer's group thanks to Shouter & Marcher & Playwright Jane Hunt who began the group two decades ago.  Any excuse to enjoy a champagne toast, right?  (And those fabulous cheese appetizers that Pat baked--yum!)   

So while we regroup to plan our new posts, I will give you a heads-up that in June 2011 we'll be in Boston producing our one acts.  More information forthcoming....

President's Day Pleasant Pond (Henniker) Photograph above by Jan.

an afternoon of readings

Thank you for 

Joining us 

For a Page to Stage Presentation*

in the Concord Audi Lobby

You were a FABULOUS audience;

Your enthusiasm was much appreciated

And it is our turn to applaud you for your support.

The Program from Feb. 1, 2009:

FACING BACKWARDS by George Kelly

IN MORNING by Dana Biscotti Myskowski

SOUP'S ON by Alan Lindsay

DOLL HOUSE by Jane Hunt

HEARTBEAT by Thomas Dunn

* This program is the "Fifth Act" in the Page to Stage Presentation Series, a theatre project fostering new works by New Hampshire authors.  The P2S series is co-hosted by The Friends of the Concord City Auditorium and The Community Players of Concord, NH, and supported by a grant from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

(Photo above taken by dana during the ice storm; the icicles clung to the roof rack of my vehicle.)