Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Thespian Schedule

Twice Monthly: Second Mondays and Fourth Tuesdays,
All Meetings 7:00-10:00 pm in Room 9

Contact thespians-info@uucpa.org
Philip Hodge, Chair

Next Reading

August 11 and 26

Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

Is Leonard Vole guilty?  If not, who is?  These questions are answered with four pages of script left.  Don’t plan to leave early! Philip's Commentary

September 8 and 23:

Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Because September is Hotel de Zink month, we have to vacate the campus by 9 pm.  Therefore we will read the 40-minute version of this early Shakespeare classic comedy.  Confusion reigns galore as two sets of identical twins are constantly mistaken for each other. Philip's Commentary

October 13 and 22:

Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard

Adam, the composer of a potential hit musical, overhears a torrid real-life scene between the leading man and lady, the latter being Adam’s fiancee.  The producer proves himself a master spin-doctor and convinces Adam that everything he heard has an innocent explanation.

November 10 and 25:

Camino Real by Tennessee Williams

Ca’ min-o Real’ is the surrealist square of a walled town at the dead-end of the famous King’s highway, El’  Ca-min’ o Re’ al.  The only exit from the town is a long stairway leading to the wasteland Terra Incognito.  It is peopled by such well-known characters as Don Quixote, Casanova, Marguerite Gautier, and Kilroy.

December 8 and 23

Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott

Tony wants his wife dead because (a) she is rich and (b) she has cuckolded him.  He plots the “perfect murder” – on paper.  When a crucial step in the plan backfires, he improvises an alternative route to the same end.  Does he succeed?