PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Well. It’s Winter ❄️.
I’m spending January and February working toward bookings in March Women’s History Month) and beyond: a LOT of emails and phone calls, research and writing . . . with breaks to shovel snow and hack ice 🧊.
I’ve assembled a fourth summer program—Independence Days—with stories by O. Henry and my favorite, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
But first—tada 🎉: Saturday, February 28, 2:00 p.m.
I’ve been chosen by New York City’s prestigious Poets House, to be among those reading selections from their holdings published recently and currently on exhibit. In my case, the selection is from Warren Kliewer’s Places, Please, Act One: Poems around and about theatres, much of which I toured last year, from Rhode Island to Kansas to Winnipeg.
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace New York, NY 10282 Information: https://poetshouse.org/event/30th-showcase-community-reading/
And now, THE MARCH CALENDAR (scroll down for descriptions of each show):
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Tuesday, March 3, 7:15 p.m.
Gettysburg: One Woman's War
Civil War Roundtable of Eastern PA VENUE: Delta Hotels by Marriott Allentown Lehigh Valley Private booking; please contact me for admission
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Thursday, March 5, 5:30 p.m.
The Bedquilt
Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library 479 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701 https://ebcpl.org 845-794-4660
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Saturday, March 7, 1:00 p.m.
Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire
Ellenville Public Library and Museum 40 Center Street, Ellenville, NY https://eplm.org 845-647-1497
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Sunday, March 8, 2:00
Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire
Albert Wisner Public Library One McFarland Drive, Warwick, NY 10990 845-986-1047 https://albertwisnerlibrary.org/
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Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 p.m.
Women Breaking Loose
Norwalk Public Library One Belden Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850 203-899-2780 https://www.norwalkpl.org/
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Wednesday, March 25, 5:45 p.m.
The Revolt of “Mother”
Medfield Public Library with Medfield Council on Aging
VENUE: 1 Ice House Road, Medfield, MA 02052 508-359-4544 https://www.medfieldpubliclibrary.org/
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Thursday, March 26, 1:30 p.m.
The Revolt of “Mother” Brightview Senior Living
57 Grandeville Court, So. Kingstown, RI 02879 Private booking; please contact me re admission
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Monday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.
Gettysburg: One Woman's War Seminary Ridge Museum
61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325 717-339-1300 www.seminaryridgemuseum.org
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Wednesday, March 31, 2:00 p.m.
The Revolt of “Mother” Joseph T. Simpson Public Library Learning and Book Sale Center
45 West Allen Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-0171 https://www.cumberlandcountylibraries.org/SIM
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Library performances are free; reservations recommended.
Descriptions of the shows:
o Someone Must Wash the Dishes, by Marie Jenney Howe: Many women fought against getting the vote, but none with more charm, prettier clothes—and less logic—than the fictional speaker in this 1912 satiric monologue.
o The Bedquilt, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher: “She never knew how her great idea came to her . . . so beautifully difficult a pattern could be only for the angels in heaven to quilt.”
o The Revolt of “Mother,” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Forty years and four children ago, Adoniram Penn promised to build his new wife a proper house on their New England farm. Now Father is building a barn where the new house should be. It’s the last straw for Mother, and Father’s in for a surprise.
o Gettysburg—One Woman's War: In Elsie Singmaster’s powerful and specific exploration of a Civil War icon’s physical and emotional terrain, fictional townswoman Mary Bowman lives the war and its legacy.
o A century ago, two stories tackled dilemmas women still face daily: Who comes first—my family or me? Where do I belong—at home or at work?” Comprising Kate Chopin’s poignant “A Pair of Silk Stockings”& Edna Ferber’s comic “Representing T. A. Buck”
