PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Hello, All!
Did you think I’d disappeared?
Just BUSY. My oh-so-full March allowed no time to promote my Tales for spring. So I played catch-up at the phone and on the computer for two months: I begin touring again in June and am soliciting now for MA in September, IL in October, VT in December. And . . . who knows?
I did have a grand time performing in April and May: playing with other actors for a change. We five had great fun, exploring Peter Schaffer’s comic Lettice and Lovage. In all humility, deference, and gratitude to the late great Maggie Smith, who originated the character, I played Lettice, with all the flamboyance of language and action she introduced. I loved it.
One-woman shows are, after all, ONE-woman shows. It can be lonely on the road and onstage. But I’m ready to solo again. Here, for a start, is my schedule for June and July:
CALENDAR
(please scroll down for descriptions of each show)
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A Bird in the Hand
Thursday, June 19, 4:00 p.m.
CAT (Classic American Tales) The Dormer House, 800 Columbia Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204
Reservations/questions: 609-884-5898 https://www.classicamericantales.org/
Admission : $12 includes tea, lemonade, baked goods
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The Revolt of “Mother”
Saturday, June 20, 1:00 p.m.
Historic Cold Spring Village Welcome Center 735 Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ 08204
Reservations/questions: 609-898-2300 https://hcsv.org/#topnav
General Admission : Adults $16; Children (3-12) $12
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A Bird in the Hand
Tuesday, June 23, 1:00 p.m.
LIRIC (Learning in Retirement at Iona University) Temple Israel of New Rochelle 1000 Pinebrook Boulevard, New Rochelle, NY 10804
Reservations/questions: contact me at ruedelarue@aol.com
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Independence Days
Friday, July 10, 2:00 p.m.
Cape May City Public Library 720 Franklin Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
Reservations/questions: 609-884-9568 https://www.cmcl.org/
Admission : FREE
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The Bedquilt
Saturday, July 11, 1:00 p.m.
Historic Cold Spring Village
735 Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ 08204
Reservations/questions: 609-898-2300 https://hcsv.org/#topnav
General Admission : Adults $16; Children (3-12) $12
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Independence Days
Wednesday, July 22, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfield Free Public Library 261 Hollywood Avenue, Fairfield, NJ 07004
Reservations/questions: 973-227-3575 https://ffpl.org/340/Fairfield-Free-Public-Library
Admission : FREE
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Library performances are free; reservations recommended.
Descriptions of the shows:
A Bird in the Hand: Sarah Orne Jewett's "Miss Esther's Guest" (... is not the one she asked for) and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The Parrot" (...was the one bright thing in the woman's life)
The Revolt of “Mother”: When Father puts the livestock first, it’s the last straw for Mother. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Independence Days: A rich sheltered bachelor courts a worldly-wise shopgirl . . . and confusion ensues, in O. Henry’s “The Lickpenny Lover”; Fourth-of-July fireworks and a prying neighbor threaten two sisters’ long-held secret, in Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “A Gala Dress”; plus Miss Belle Brittan discovers 1857 Cape May.
The Bedquilt: Two stories welcome us to the time when quilts created community. We join a gaggle of townswomen—and meet a solitary spinster—whose busy lives center on their remarkable art. By Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (You guessed it: Wilkins Freeman is my favorite.)
