Lifelong Learners
An Independent Collaborative

Lifelong Learners

An Independent Collaborative

The Lilac Players 2.0; A Play Reading Group (in person)

Course Leader(s)
Day of Week: Tuesday
Course Length: 5 weeks
Starting: 04/09/2024
Ending: 05/14/2024
Period of Day: Period 3 In-Person
Time: 2:00 - 3:30
Course Fee: $50

Course Description:

Join the Lilac Players as we spend a delightful five weeks reading plays together. The pressure is off – no memorizing scripts, no performance anxiety. Join us for readings of different genres of plays and have a chance to read different characters throughout the five weeks. We had so much fun this past fall that we decided to keep it going. The first week will probably be a one-act play, and weeks 2-3 and 4-5 will each be a longer play.  The plays will be chosen based on the number of people registering, although we may read multiple parts.  The five weeks will be in person at Temple Shalom.  Weekly preparation will be reading the week’s play.

Books and Other Resources:

Plays will be sent to each member in PDF format.

Course Leader Bio(s)

Roseli Weiss

I have been acting in local theater for many years. Recently, I was in a two-year musical production of We Did It For You – the history of the women’s right to vote, and currently am a costumed guide on the Freedom Trail. I am a retired public school superintendent with three masters degrees and a doctorate and have spent over 40 years in education from teaching to principalship to directorship

Maryann Wyner

I have been involved in theater since high school as an actor, stage manager, and properties manager. After one short time on stage at Clark University as a corpse, I waited until my teaching days to get involved. After receiving a BA from Clark, I went on, while teaching, to get a MA in English at Simmons College. At Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall in Waltham, I served as the assistant director and occasional actor for over 30 high school performances. As a teacher, acting was always part of the job, so getting involved in the LILAC Players allowed me to delve into something that has always made me smile. After retiring from teaching, opportunities arose at Temple Shir Tikva where I performed in Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Megillah According to Grease, and Little Shop of Horrors.