It’s Spring, and ShoutOut returns to the Library Green providing safe arts entertainment for audiences. Our series of play readings, directed by Sydnie Grossberg Ronga and Beth Troxell and chosen from competition among Hudson Valley playwrights, begins Saturday, April 17 & and continues Sunday, April 18th. Saugerties Library, 91 Washington Ave.
A Catchy Song & Shiny Light by John T. Lewis features a couple, on the brink of divorce, who are forced to quarantine together during a global pandemic. Friction mounts when the wife's acerbic Russian father is invited to live in their apartment. He wants a divorce. She wants acceptance. Dad just wants to get high.
CAST
Dimitra/ Nichelle – Rebekah Francis
Doug – Joseph Bongiorno
Yuri - David Smilow
Young Yuri – Austin L. Carrothers
Because readings are outside, please bring blankets or chairs. Masks are required and we will socially distance. The readings are free; donations are encouraged and graciously accepted.
John T. Lewis
John T Lewis is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and is both an actor and writer. He is the author of Radio Master – The Life and Times of Sports Broadcasting Great Ted Husing. He performed a critically acclaimed one-man show In the Ballpark, and has appeared in various regional theater productions and independent films. John is a member of Naked Angels Theater Company. www.JohnTLewis.com