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Arts & Entertainment

Playwrights' Festival

Quannapowitt Players, Reading's own independent playhouse theater, presents two great nights of theater, with FIVE different plays, featuring new works by local playwrights.

On Friday February 18th 2011:

The Bear – written by Chekhov, directed by Igor Golyak – EMACT Award Winning Special Production by the Arlekin Players

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With Alana Kumalagova, Gene Ravvin, Igor Golyak, Eduard Snitkovsky and Alexander Livshin

Month Too Short – written by Kathy Wackowski, directed by James J. Girgenti

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With Linda Goetz, Nancy Gahagan and Dana Siegal

Unspoken Arrangement – written and directed by Patrick Cleary

With Rebecca Schneider, Rishi Basu

On Saturday February 19th 2011:

I.P.O. – written by David Kruh, a staged reading directed by Chip Sheeran

With Melissa Bisso, Laura Chandler, Shayne Doherty, David Dooks, Bernie Hutchens, Hugh Metzler, Jason Rodgers, Elizabeth Sheeran, Ed Siegal, Chris Vander Rhodes, Phyllis Uloth and Barbara Dempsey-West,

Eternal Swim – written by Mark Baumhardt, directed by Nancy Curran Willis

With Tom Berry, Jennifer McCartney, Sabrina Fenton and Sara Jones

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