Motley Play Reading - Sept 16th - Uxbridge Music Hall
25 Hours In The Life of uxbridge
The Motley Theatre will be back in 2010 to kick off the Celebration of the Arts for the third season in a row. Artistic Directors, Anna MacKay-Smith and Ken Welsh have been entertaining Uxbridge audiences since 1996 bringing over 75 plays and top Canadian actors such as Gordon Pinsent, Rachel McAdams, Barbara Budd, Rosemary Dunsmore, Paul Gross to perform in playreadings of the well known international classics to brand-new plays in progress.
Our loyal and enthusiastic audience continues to increase by spreading the word and bringing their friends. If you haven't been a part of this Uxbridge phenomenon, this is your chance to see what everyone talks about.
Thursday September 16, 2010 at 8:00PM
The Motley Theatre Company will be presenting
Dinner with Friends
a reading of Donald Maragulies' Pulitzer Prize winnng play.
Observations from the audience
I went to a "A Play Reading" in Uxbridge for the first time as a willing tag-along. A number of my friends were familiar with this kind of theatrical event and spoke of it in glowing terms. Since the event was also a fundraiser for a Cuban Music Theatre, I felt that my Sunday evening would be well spent.
Anna Makay-Smith was the moderator that evening. I sat spellbound as she and the other actors read dialogue right from written script, portraying each character with such skill and grace as to evoke all variety of emotional responses among my fellow audience members. I laughed out loud then wept real tears, then did it all again. A truly memorable theatrical experience.
On reflection, I noticed that I did not miss the costumes, the sets and other "stuff" that we associate with more conventional forms of theatre.
I have attended many play readings since that first Sunday night and the entertainment factor has not diminished.
Barbara Blower
