Rockland Center for the Arts In cooperation with The Lark Circle, a professional playwright's group presents: "Scenes for a Sunday Afternoon" A Series of Four New Plays Read by Professional Actors Sunday's October 6, November 3, December 8, and January 12 at 2:00pm at Rockland Center for the Arts 27 South Greenbush Rd., West Nyack, NY

Gather with us for a series of informal afternoons of plays-in-development read by accomplished professional actors. You are an important part of the process as the playwrights gauge audience reaction to further refine their plays. Afterwards, join in a lively discussion, and offer your insights and ideas while enjoying refreshments in friendly social setting.

October 6 th    " Autumn Vane "   by Jennie Redling

In 1914 New York, Amelia Vane and her two daughters, Helen and Autumn, struggle to remain sheltered against a world on the brink of a world war. When a roguish artist comes to paint Helen's wedding portrait, the senses of all three women are kindled. But only Autumn allows herself to catch fire and blaze at the risk of her family's security, and perhaps, her sanity.

November 3 rd   " Boxes (Say Hello to Mr. Nothing) "   by Michael Folie

Dave has survived Vietnam, heroin addiction, the Lower East Side, and jail. Now it's 1986 and he lives quietly as a caretaker on his in-laws' Vermont estate, also crafting box collages in the manner of Joseph Cornell. But his ordered and solitary life is thrown into turmoil when Tess, his 16-year-old niece almost dies of a heroin overdose.

December 8 th   " The Colony "   by Don Monaco

Woody, a recent college grad and aspiring writer from Queens, seeks a job as a dishwasher in a Greenwich Village gay bar. It is the 1951 world of the Korean War, McCarthyism, police and Mafia corruption. As he is confronted by feminism, sexual freedom and physical threat, he experiences dramatic personal change.

January 12 th   " Waiting for Lazarus "   by Eric Johnke

In this full-length comedy, the lead character, Nathan Morris, is an undertaker "blessed with a lot of faith". He is waiting and praying for a miracle that will help him restore faith to the masses. The miracle comes, but not in the form that he expects.

Admission: $5.00 each Subscription to all four plays $18.00 (Art Center members: $4.00 single/ $15.00 subscription)

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