Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum To Present Seasons Readings

NORWALK, CT - From Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum: In collaboration with JIB Productions, producers of Fairfield County’s lunchtime theater program, Play With Your Food, The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present Seasons Readings on Sunday, December 16 at 4 pm. “The Board of Trustees and I are truly excited to introduce to our audience this outstanding theater group,” said LMMM Executive Director Susan Gilgore.

This new program promises a laughter-filled literary afternoon of heartwarming seasonal short
stories and plays performed by professional actors and delicious refreshments, all in the majestic
holiday-decorated rotunda of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. Sure to be included in
the program is The Christmas Truce by Aaron Shepard and The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley.
The Christmas Truce tells the strange but true story of enemies during WWI putting aside their differences for a brief spell to share in the poignancy of a Christmas Eve far from home. The Loudest Voice gives us renowned writer Grace Paley’s tale of how she found her “voice” as a young child born into a New York immigrant family. Audiences will also be treated to the antics of former ballerina Madame Irina as she leads her young charges through a rehearsal of everyone’s favorite holiday ballet in Land of the Sweets by Frederick Stroppel. Several other holiday selections by well-known authors are in store as well!

JIB Productions of Westport and Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk are thrilled
to collaborate on this holiday program. “Seasons Readings has always been important to us as a
way to connect with the community over the holiday season,” says Producer Diana Muller.
“We’re especially excited about this collaboration in that it will both bring longtime PWYF fans
to the beautiful and historical Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum as well as introduce new
audiences to live theater - right in their own backyard!”

Artistic Director Carole Schweid echoes the excitement of working with the Lockwood-
Mathews Mansion Museum. “It’s inspiring knowing that the actors will be performing these
literary works in such a renowned venue - especially at holiday time. Everyone knows how
beautifully decorated the Mansion truly is but then when you add holiday stories and plays, the
magic really takes off.”

Tickets are $35 and $30 for LMMM members, and may be purchased through
www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or by calling 203-838-9799 ext. 4. Appropriate for
audiences 12 and older. This production is sponsored by JIB Productions and generous funding
from LMMM’s Founding Patrons: The Estate of Mrs. Cynthia Clark Brown; LMMM’s 2018
Season Distinguished Benefactors: The City of Norwalk, and The Maurice Goodman
Foundation; and LMMM’s 2018 Distinguished Benefactors for Education: The Daphne
Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Image via Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum