One Book Bradford:
Comedy Next Activity in Season
A one-act comedy written by a local woman is the next installment of activities in this year’s One Book Bradford season.
“Never the Twain Shall Meet,” written and directed by Diane Kerner Arnett, will be performed at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bradford Area Public Library.
The play, which includes Bradford Little Theater actors, depicts the inaugural meeting of a writers' group, featuring various types of writers from academic to dabbler. While there will be a set, props and costumes, actors will perform "script in hand." The play will be about 30 minutes.
The cast includes BLT veteran actors Nanci K. Garris, Pam Gaffney and Richard Frederick, and newcomer Laura Keesler.
The play will be followed by a discussion headed by Linda Underhill regarding authors who build on the characters created by other authors.
This year’s One Book Bradford Selection is “Becky: The Life & Loves of Becky Thatcher” by Lenore Hart. Hart picks up where Mark Twain left off and takes Becky Thatcher through adulthood.
One Book Bradford is a community-wide reading initiative where a committee selects a book each year for the community to read. Several events related to the book are planned each year, culminating in a talk by the author.
This year, Hart will talk about her book on March 31.
Arnett, the author of the non-fiction work "Going Home: Facing Life's Final Moments Without Fear" published by Kregel Publications, has earned a number of awards for her investigative, feature and spot news writing for The Bradford Era. There, she also wrote a first-person series in 1997-98 describing her diagnosis and treatment for Stage 2 breast cancer.
She and Frederick paired to write Kiwanis Kapers from 1994 through 2000. Together, she and Garris have directed and produced a number of BLT productions, including "The Mousetrap," "Nunsense," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "A Christmas Story." Arnett also earned a Theatre Association of New York award for low comedy for her portrayal of Trinculo in "The Tempest."
Underhill is the former chairperson of humanities at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. She currently lives in western New York and teaches the low-residency masters of fine arts program at Chatham University.
She has published two collections of non-fiction: “The Unequal Hours: Moments of Being in the Natural World” (University of Georgia Press) and “The Way of the Woods: Journeys Through American Forests” (Oregon State University Press).
A free copy of her latest book, The Way of the Woods, as well as a copy of “Becky: The Life & Loves of Becky Thatcher” will be given away on Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
“Never the Twain Shall Meet,” written and directed by Diane Kerner Arnett, will be performed at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bradford Area Public Library.
The play, which includes Bradford Little Theater actors, depicts the inaugural meeting of a writers' group, featuring various types of writers from academic to dabbler. While there will be a set, props and costumes, actors will perform "script in hand." The play will be about 30 minutes.
The cast includes BLT veteran actors Nanci K. Garris, Pam Gaffney and Richard Frederick, and newcomer Laura Keesler.
The play will be followed by a discussion headed by Linda Underhill regarding authors who build on the characters created by other authors.
This year’s One Book Bradford Selection is “Becky: The Life & Loves of Becky Thatcher” by Lenore Hart. Hart picks up where Mark Twain left off and takes Becky Thatcher through adulthood.
One Book Bradford is a community-wide reading initiative where a committee selects a book each year for the community to read. Several events related to the book are planned each year, culminating in a talk by the author.
This year, Hart will talk about her book on March 31.
Arnett, the author of the non-fiction work "Going Home: Facing Life's Final Moments Without Fear" published by Kregel Publications, has earned a number of awards for her investigative, feature and spot news writing for The Bradford Era. There, she also wrote a first-person series in 1997-98 describing her diagnosis and treatment for Stage 2 breast cancer.
She and Frederick paired to write Kiwanis Kapers from 1994 through 2000. Together, she and Garris have directed and produced a number of BLT productions, including "The Mousetrap," "Nunsense," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "A Christmas Story." Arnett also earned a Theatre Association of New York award for low comedy for her portrayal of Trinculo in "The Tempest."
Underhill is the former chairperson of humanities at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. She currently lives in western New York and teaches the low-residency masters of fine arts program at Chatham University.
She has published two collections of non-fiction: “The Unequal Hours: Moments of Being in the Natural World” (University of Georgia Press) and “The Way of the Woods: Journeys Through American Forests” (Oregon State University Press).
A free copy of her latest book, The Way of the Woods, as well as a copy of “Becky: The Life & Loves of Becky Thatcher” will be given away on Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
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