Directed by Cal Turner
Assisted By Carol Dapogny

CAST
Richard 
...Joel Nikoleit
Ruth
...Susan Cardamone
Ruby
...Stephanie Brescia

THE STORY: Three grown siblings return from their parents' graves after attending a funeral, a time when so much needs to be articulated and understood.  And yet, somehow, they cannot bridge the gulf of self-consciousness which separates them, and thus, we hear only their spoken stage directions which are normally meant to be unheard by the audience. The effect is oblique speech, as though they were present and yet not present, but what is unspoken becomes eloquently clear -- and, in the end, reveals the deeper truths that direct statement could only hint at.

Directed By Michael Karaffa
Assisted By Liz Egan

CAST
Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov
...Charlie Egan
Natalya Stepanovna
....Julie Knoch
Ivan Vasilyevich Lomov
...Bill Thompson

THE STORY:  Lomov appears at the Chubukov  estate to seek the hand of Chubukov's daughter, Natalya.   After a disagreement ensues, Lomov is driven away, but  she welcomes his return after she discovers his reason for being there.  He recuperates from his imaginary ailments after they kiss, prompted by her father. Natalya accepts him, but, once again disagreement comes between them,
which rises to a high pitch with the father proclaiming, "The beginnings of marital bliss, champagne, champagne!!!