READING-Girl on a Hill by Cris Eli Blak

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY, United States

Deana Wakefield is an African American woman living out of a motel, struggling with a substance use disorder. Her life takes an unexpected turn when a journalist from The New York Times shows up at her door after he uncovers who she really is…

READING – The Sod by Charles Simon

Saugerties Public Library Garden 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties, NY, United States

Meet unassuming wine merchant and father, Peter. He has lived an extraordinarily long life, since early Greece in fact. His longevity has requirements that he begins to question as the centuries go by and society views on role of women change. Will this inhibit his future choices and threaten his continued life?

READING – The Sod by Charles Simon

Society of Jewish Science 109 East 39th Street, New York, NY, United States

Meet unassuming wine merchant and father, Peter. He has lived an extraordinarily long life, since early Greece in fact. His longevity has requirements that he begins to question as the centuries go by and society views on role of women change. Will this inhibit his future choices and threaten his continued life?

READING – Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

Society of Jewish Science 109 East 39th Street, New York, NY, United States

The U Drop Inn. Taos, New Mexico. A slow Sunday night in the not-too-distant future. Moe, the bartender, is polishing glasses. Miriam, the waitress, is leafing through her volume of the illustrated Kabbalah. Mickey, the protagonist of our story, dreams of Maude, the love of his life who mysteriously left him. When Maude briefly passes… Continue reading READING – Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

READING-Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY, United States

The U Drop Inn. Taos, New Mexico. A slow Sunday night in the not-too-distant future. Moe, the bartender, is polishing glasses. Miriam, the waitress, is leafing through her volume of the illustrated Kabbalah. Mickey, the protagonist of our story, dreams of Maude, the love of his life who mysteriously left him. When Maude briefly passes… Continue reading READING-Dead End Kids by Brian Leahy Doyle

READING – Dante in the Big-Box Store by Richard Gotti

Saugerties Public Library Garden 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties, NY, United States

Unmoored by the death of his wife, sinking in an ill-timed retirement, the contentious Professor Ray finds himself in one more hell: searching for a rubber-backed rug in a big-box store. Enter supervisor Eva. Enter Dante. Forces converge and an exit appears from hell to healing—but will Ray take it?

READING – Dante in the Big-Box Store by Richard Gotti

Albany Civic Theater 235 Second Ave, Albany, NY, United States

Unmoored by the death of his wife, sinking in an ill-timed retirement, the contentious Professor Ray finds himself in one more hell: searching for a rubber-backed rug in a big-box store. Enter supervisor Eva. Enter Dante. Forces converge and an exit appears from hell to healing—but will Ray take it?

READING – Cage by Barbara Blatner

The Muse 1 Madeline Lane, Rosendale, NY, United States

A lonely thirteen-year-old girl brings home a wild rat snake which provokes her mother and their struggling relationship. Cage looks at the complexity of our connections with non-human beings, as we attempt to reach out to one another.

$15

READING – Cage by Barbara Blatner

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY, United States

A lonely thirteen-year-old girl brings home a wild rat snake which provokes her mother and their struggling relationship. Cage looks at the complexity of our connections with non-human beings, as we attempt to reach out to one another. $5 at the door