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Spotlight: RCP Seeks Plays About Railroad

Posted on: Sunday, 26 March 2006, 12:00 CST

By Reading Eagle, Pa.

Mar. 26--Reading Community Players has announced a playwriting contest in conjunction with the Reading Railroad Museum. The troupe is seeking one-act plays to celebrate the anniversary of the museum's opening. A presentation date will be in June or July 2007. Plays must relate to the Reading Railroad's history in and around the city. It may, of course, be historical fiction. The goal is to explore the relevance of the railroad to the community -- past, present or future. The plays must have a single set with minimal props and furniture. The cast limit is eight. The play may not have had a previous production in Berks County. The running time must be between 15 and 50 minutes. A letter of intent to submit a work is required and is due by June 1, 2006. This may be a simple letter with the playwright's name, address, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc., stating that he or she will be providing a script before the end of the process. This will assist in organizing the judging committee. The letter must be sent to RCP Playwriting Committee, P.O. Box 1032, Reading, PA 19603-1032, or e-mail the letter to keldev@ptd.net. Theater Reading Community Players will hold auditions for the children's show "Charlotte's Web" next Sunday at the theater, 403 N. 11th St. Children from age 8 to 13 will be auditioned at 1 p.m. Teenagers and adults will be auditioned at 4 p.m. Callbacks will be Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. All roles are open. The show is scheduled for production June 10 to 18. For more information, contact Lisa Uliasz at 610-698-7798. In addition, Susan E. Sneeringer's production of Jane Martin's "Anton in Show Business" will open in the playhouse on April 28. Sneeringer is a Readingbased actor, director and award-winning playwright. Her play "Grave Concerns" was presented last summer by the Reading Theater Project at the Institute of the Arts, Wyomissing. Civic Theatre of Allentown will present both parts of Peter Parnell's adaptation of John Irving's "The Cider House Rules," on the company's Theatre514 stage, 514 N. 19th St., Allentown. The production, directed by William Sanders, will run April 7 to 29. "Part 1: Here in St. Cloud's" will open April 7 and 8; "Part 2: In Other Parts of the World" will open April 14 and 15. The two parts will run in repertory for two more weeks. The play spans eight decades of American history and runs five hours (including both parts). Civic's production is the Pennsylvania premiere and just the second on the East Coast. Tickets and information are available by calling 610-432-8943 or visiting the Web site at www.civictheatre.com. Tickets range in price from $22 to $25. Music Rocker Melissa Etheridge will stop at Musikfest 2006 as part of her summer tour, the festival has announced. The concert will be presented at 8:30 p.m., Aug. 9, on the River-Place mainstage, Bethlehem. Etheridge's latest CD is a career-spanning compilation, "Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled." Her August concert at Musikfest will mark her second appearance at the festival. Tickets are $25 to $49, and will go on sale to the public on April 17. They will be available by visiting the Web site at www.fest.org or calling 610-332-FEST. Arts administration Reading native Phyllis McLaughlin has been named executive director of the Community School of Music and the Arts. Cedric Elmer, who held that position for 38 years, will continue to serve as associate director. The school has two locations: 345 Douglass St., and in the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St. For information on classes and current rates, call either 610-374-7167 or 610-374-6870. The school's e-mail address is CSMA1@juno.com.

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