Hourglass Play Reading Series

RIPCORD (Lynne Sanchez-Fries, Barbara Lobb, Jeremy Sarachan, Sandi Henschel)

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HOURGLASS PLAY READING SERIES began in 2010 as Rochester Fringe Play Reading Series with co-producers Sandi Henschel, Barbara Lobb, and Maria Scipione. The series is dedicated to presenting readings of thoughtful, well-crafted plays that might not otherwise be produced in the Rochester area.

HOURGLASS has been privileged to use the talents of many of our areaʼs most gifted actors and directors during its first seven highly successful seasons. This season is under the guidance of Artistic Director/Producer, Sandi Henschel, and Associate Producers Jodi Beckwith, Lynne Sánchez-Fries, and Jack Simel. Marc Cataldi keeps up our TheatreRocs page, Barbara Lobb continues to design our flyers and programs, and Sarah Sortino keeps our website, www.hourglassplays.org, up-to-date. This season we are pleased to welcome our new stage manager, Noah A. Morris.

Hourglass Play Reading Series website:
http://www.blackfriars.org/hourglass-play-reading-series-season

Hourglass Play Reading Series on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/263595677115272/

Upcoming Productions:

Cancelled/postponed due to Covid-19

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Cancelled due to Covid-19

HAROLD AND MAUDE

Hourglass Play Reading PRESENTS...

•Comedy

•Staged Reading

HAROLD AND MAUDE

HAROLD AND MAUDE

2019-2020 Season designs by Logan Champlin

BY COLIN HIGGINS • DIRECTED BY LYNNE SANCHEZ-FRIES
APPROPRIATE AGE RANGE: 15 - up | APPROXIMATE RUNTIME: 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

Harold is the proverbial poor little rich kid, unhappy with all of the advantages that life has afforded him. Maude is a free-spirited octogenarian who finds the joy in just about any situation. Harold’s peculiar attachment to Maude, whom he meets at a funeral (a mutual passion) is what rescues him from his misery and what captivates us, as Harold—under Maude’s bemused tutelage—learns to embrace the plentiful moments of beauty that life has to offer. This faithful adaptation of the acclaimed and beloved cult film, both written by Colin Higgins, will delight fans of the movie as well as newcomers to this off-kilter story.

•SPECIAL NOTE:
All performances are free. Donations are encouraged.

Hourglass Play Reading PRESENTS...

•Drama

•Staged Reading

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

2019-2020 Season designs by Logan Champlin

BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY • DIRECTED BY MYA BROWN
APPROPRIATE AGE RANGE: 15 - up | APPROXIMATE RUNTIME: 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

Set on Chicago’s South Side in the late 1950s, A Raisin in the Sun centers on the divergent dreams and conflicts of three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee; his wife, Ruth; his sister, Beneatha; his son, Travis; and matriarch Lena. With her deceased husband’s insurance payment set to arrive in the mail any day, Lena has hopes of moving to a new home in a better neighborhood. Walter Lee, however, has other plans—to buy a liquor store and become his own man—while Beneatha dreams of enrolling in medical school. The Youngers struggle to retain their dignity amongst the racial tensions and entrenched prejudices of mid-20th-century America is a timeless account of hope in an often harsh and unforgiving world.

•SPECIAL NOTE:
All performances are free. Donations are encouraged.

The TheatreROCS Board of Directors

•President — Donald Bartalo, hummingbird theatre co.

•Vice-President — Katelyn Machnica, Bristol Valley Theater

•Secretary — Chris McCormack, Blackfriars Theatre

•Treasurer — Jim Vollertsen, RAPA (Rochester Association of Performing Arts)

•Baal Bhagat, Kalidas (Indo-American Community Theatre Group of Rochester)

•Karin Bowersock, Bristol Valley Theater

•Marc Cataldi, Webster Theatre Guild

•Connie Kittle Neer, CenterStage at the JCC

•Gary Dewitt Marshall, Dark Blue Mondaze

•Nan Hanna-Paquin, Gatesinger Company

•Lara Rhyner, Geva Theatre Center

•Ben and Jace Meyer-Crosby, Grey Noise Theater Co.

•Jack Simel, Hourglass Play Reading Series

•Donald Bartalo, hummingbird theatre co.

•Mike Krickmire, Rochester Community Players

•Stephanie Siuda, Out of Pocket, Inc.

•Annette Ramos, Rochester Latino Theatre Company

•Richard Kendrick, Penfield Players

•Ann Marie Sanders, Downstairs Cabaret Theatre

•Freyda Schneider, TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy)

•Heather Stevenson, PUSH Physical Theatre

•Karin Tuccio, Screen Plays - Hollywood's Golden Age On Stage

•Karen Dieruf, The Open Road Theatre

•Kerry Young, Unleashed! Improv

•Judy Zanin, Studio Z

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