The One-Shot Theatre presents A Poetry Reading/THE POETRY READING
Wait—what’s going on?! Which is which? What’s the difference?
THE POETRY READING is a one-act play by WVAL member Robert Andrew Anderson, playwright, novelist, and performer. “THE POETRY READING shows what happens when high culture collides with bowling-league culture,” Anderson explains. The result? “The Bowling League knocks the stuffing—the stuffiness, that is—out of the Poetry League.”
In other words, it’s a raucous, ridiculous, absurdist, zany—you choose—comic event.
THE POETRY READING features two high-profile performers—Broadway veteran Ron Kross and WVIA luminary Erika Funke—who combine their considerable talents to produce a lots-‘a’-laughs-filled show, along with other actors from the Hams & Cheeez Acting Troupe.
As a warm-up to this “main event” there will be “A Poetry Reading”—yes, the real thing…well, maybe. Members of the community will recite short poems of their own making—whether they be “poets” or not. Who knows? One might be your neighbor. One might even be you! (Bring a poem and join the show.)
A sampling of readers (chosen at random; check WVAL’s website for more names):
Victoria “Vicky” Brown, artist, dancer, writer; member of Verve Vertu
Gwen Harleman, artist, director of Verve Vertu
Bob “l’Heim” Heim, cartoonist, author
“Professor” Joel Koos, artist, hockey player
Allison “A-Maz” Maslow, artist, WVAL member
Jim McGuire, photographer, WVAL member
Jacob “Oddball” Mertz, entrepreneur
Shivaun O’Donnell, actress, nurse, WVAL member
Tiffany “Tiffo” Pepe, jazz saxophonist, artist, Wyoming Valley West Middle School student
Lindsay Rysz, poet, coordinator and founder of the Adult Asperger’s Support Group
Jason “Louis XIV” Smeltzer, thereminist, writer
Wayne “Keyed-up” Smith, jazz pianist, WVAL member
Edward “Eddie Bear” Zebrowski, artist, member of Verve Vertu
When: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2015 at 4pm.
Where: Wyoming Valley Art League,130 S. Franklin St. (rear), Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Contact: Margie Bryant, WVAL president: 570-760-9083; margaretlbryant@gmail.com
Robert Anderson, 570-974-5953; librogumbolimbo@earthlink.net
Website: www.wyomingvalleyartleague.org
~ Free admission—donations appreciated.
Beverages and snacks will be provided. All age groups will enjoy this event! ~