One Act Cold Readings Presents Enigma

Enigma, a play in one-act by Floyd Dell OUR PERFORMERS Jim Banta - PAUL (HE) Allison Epperson - HELEN (SHE) Music: Nina by Hans Kronold

The Game, a morality play in one act by Louise Bryant OUR PERFORMERS CeCe Russo - LIFE Edwin Wise - DEATH Jordan Brinkman - THE YOUTH Shifra Lipson - THE GIRL Music: Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23. by Alfred Cortot TRIGGER WARNING: This episode has a theme of suicide. SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357), (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. We can all help prevent suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. 1-800-273-TALK (8255) https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

A Matter of Husbands, a play in one-act by: Ferenc Mohlnar OUR PERFORMERS Allison Epperson - A FAMOUS ACTRESS Chantal Hayes Randall - AN EARNEST YOUNG WOMAN Music: Marionette by Felix Arndt

The Boor by: Anton Chekhov OUR PERFORMERS Mindy Rast-Keenan - HELENA IVANOVNA POPOV, a young widow, mistress of a country estate Shannon McCormick - GRIGORI STEPANOVITCH SMIRNOV, proprietor of a country estate Jeff Britt - LUKA, servant of MRS. POPOV Music: Russian Dance by Yair Yona

Cocaine, a play in one-act by Pendleton King The following one-act play is reprinted from The Provincetown Plays. Ed. George Cram Cook & Frank Shay. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921. It is believed to be in the public domain and may therefore be performed without royalties. OUR PERFORMERS Dylan Brody - JOE Amy Braceros - NORA CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of drug use and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357), (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. We can all help prevent suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. 1-800-273-TALK (8255) https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Two Slatterns and a King, A moral interlude by Edna St Vincent Millay The following one-act play is reprinted from Contemporary One-act Plays of 1921. Ed. Frank Shay. Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Co., 1922. It is now in the public domain and may be performed without royalties. OUR PERFORMERS David Razowsky - THE KING Edwin Wise - CHANCE, The Vice Judy Blackshear - TIDY, The False Slattern Mindy Rast-Keenan - SLUT, The True Slattern Music: Out of the East by Joe Rosey

NOT SMART, a farce in one-act by Wilbur Daniel Steele The following one-act play is reprinted from The Provincetown Plays. Ed. George Cram Cook & Frank Shay. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921. It is now in the public domain and may therefore be performed without royalties. OUR PERFORMERS Daniel Vaughn Manasia - MILO TATE Mary Wood - FANNIE TATE, his Wife Infini Jamison-Ewing - MRS. PAINTER, a Neighbour Rose Buckner - MATTIE, the Maid Jim Banta - MR. SNOW, Fisherman Music: Frog Legs Rag by James Scott

A QUESTION OF SEX, a farce in one-act by Arnold Bennett The following one-act play is reprinted from Polite Farces for the Drawing-Room. Arnold Bennett. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1900. It is now in the public domain and may therefore be performed without royalties. OUR PERFORMERS Jerry Gonzalez - GEORGE GOWER, 27 Melbin Borrero - FRANCIS GOWER, his Well-preserved Bachelor Uncle Lexi LaFaver - MAY FOSTER, his Married Sister, 25 Folake Kehinde - HELEN STANTON, his Wife's Married Sister, 28 Music: Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin