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Staged Reading of Rounding Third by Richard Dresser to be Presented by TrueNorth
The story of two mismatched "Little League Dads" with opposing philosophies toward competition and success, Rounding Third is a comedy about parenthood and America's cultural values.
Playwright Richard Dresser began writing Rounding Third when his son's Little League coach suggested that a slower player fake an injury as part of the team's strategy for winning. "I was horrified," Dresser wrote in an Introduction to the play. "Is this how our children are being trained to deal with competition? How many future Enrons are brewing on our Little League fields and in our school gyms under the watchful eyes of over-zealous coaches? What about building character and encouraging fair play? Or are such notions laughable in this country at this point in history? At that moment I knew that I had to write Rounding Third."
The staged reading will be presented at 7:30pm on Friday April 20th and Saturday April 21st at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, 199 Main Street, Beacon.
TrueNorth Theatre Project was founded in February of 2005 by professional actors, writers and designers who wanted to bring theatre to their own backyard. The co-founders are Brad Bellamy and Suzanna Hay of Beacon, Lynn Hawley and Michael Heintzman of Cold Spring, Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson of Garrison and resident designer David Birn of Cold Spring.
The company has been performing staged readings at various venues in and around Beacon and Garrison. They will be producing an original festival of short plays this Fall with their 1st Annual River Play Festival. All plays will embrace the theme "river." The contest attracted works from 76 playwrights from around the country with three being chosen as winners.
The other four plays were commissioned by TrueNorth and were written by celebrated playwrights, John Pielmeier (Agnes of God), Irene O'Garden (Women on Fire), Quincy Long (Lively Lad, Joy of Going Somewhere Definite) and resident playwright Michael Heintzman.
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