In the Meantime

I have rejoined the staged reading committee of Center Stage Jackson chaired by Susan Murphy with the assistance of Chuck Thor.

We met today and decided dates for upcoming readings: Match 12, April 9, May 14 and August 13, September 10, and October 8 (all second Saturdays). Readings are performed in the small theater at the Jackson School of the Arts.

Auditions for future directors and others interested in reading will be held on January 9, 2016. Tentatively scheduled to be held at the Jackson Coffee Company on Mechanic Street in Jackson, Michigan.

Titles will be released as soon as rights are acquired.

What's Next?

Script-in-Hand is currently working on a new series of readings focusing on plays by or about women for 2016.

Recent Readings for Center Stage Jackson

Marla Gilpin, Sandy DiCesare, Lori Pelham, Chris Gorton, Kerrie Manders

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB

by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten
Directed by Ann Holt

August 8, 2015

2:00pm

Location:
The Jackson School of the Arts Ensemble Theatre at Art 634*
634 Mechanic St. Jackson, MI 49203
(see directions below)

Admission: 
FREE
Donations encouraged

Synopsis:
Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.

Cast:
Marla Gilpin, Sandy DiCesare, Lori Pelham, Chris Gorton, Kerrie Manders

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AGNES OF GOD

by John Pielmeier
Directed by Ann Holt

October 3, 2015
 
2:00pm

Location:

The Jackson School of the Arts Ensemble Theatre at Art 634*
634 Mechanic St. Jackson, MI 49203
(see directions below)

Admission: 
FREE
Donations encouraged

Synopsis:
A novice nun (Claire Wagler) gives birth and insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception.  A psychiatrist (Mary Lou Blanchard) and the mother superior of the convent (Candi Dunnigan) clash during the resulting investigation.  The story is based on a real life incident.

Contact:
Ann Holt at anncholt@gmail.com

* Directions to Venue:

From I94 W Take exit 139. Turn left onto Cooper St. Turn right onto Francis. Turn Right onto Armory Court. Turn left onto N. Mechanic. Destination is on your right. 634 N. Mechanic Street. 

From I94 E Take exit 139. Turn right onto Cooper St. Turn right onto Francis. Turn Right onto Armory Court. Turn left onto N. Mechanic. Destination is on your right. 634 N. Mechanic Street.

As Different as a Frog and a Grizzly by Dr. Jan Younger

Fayette Opera House in Fayette, Ohio runs a series called the Steinem-Nyce after two important community members who had very different ideas and yet were able to work together.

Stressing the need for civil discussion and civic engagement, "As Different as a Frog and a Grizzly" by Dr. Jan Younger, is being presented as a reading to encourage new insights.

The play, which has been performed before and revised for this event, contrasts Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain, two men who had much to say about each other, at least privately, during their lifetimes.

It has been said that as Roosevelt dominated the politics of the era, Mark Twain as the author of Huckleberry Finn, dominated its culture.

Script-in-Hand is honored to be working with this important project.

Love, Loss and What I Wore

Sandy Sykes, Kerrie Manders, Carrie Sayer, Lori Pelham, and Ann Holt

Love, Loss and What I Wore - May 16, 2013

Love, Loss & What I Wore

Coming Thursday, May 16, 2013 to the Michigan Theater in Jackson, Michigan!