March 16 - 25, 2012

The Lottery

Based on the story by Shirley Jackson
Dramatized by Brainerd Duffield

In a small village, the locals are in a strange and nervous mood on June 27. Children gather stones as the adult townsfolk assemble for their annual event that in the local tradition has been practiced to ensure a good harvest. What is the lottery all about?

Directed by Diane Cobb

Finger Food

by Nina Shengold

A proud professional photographer anxiously waiting in his studio for a hand model to shoot a Beaujolais only to find he’s been sent someone other than who he expected.  In somewhat of  a jockeying on her part to prove she is up to the job a chemistry develops between the two only to be shattered when she finds out he’s married..but then revived when she finds out his next job is for whipped cream.

Directed by Mitch Fortier

Sorry, Wrong Number

by Lucille Fletcher

The tale of a neurotic invalid, whose only contact with the outside world is her phone. Over this, one night, because of a crossed wire, she hears plans for a murder. Her frantic efforts to enlist help make this a full character portrait of the unseen murderer, whose identity and motivations are surmised but never revealed.

Directed by Val Verge

The Problem

by A.R. Gurney, Jr.

During one late afternoon, after 10 years of marriage, the wife reveals to her husband she is very pregnant. What follows is a scene of hilarious confessions and revelations about how "The Problem" could have occurred, and what they might do about it.

Directed by Mitch Fortier