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Be our guest Saturday afternoon at . . . 

a Free Staged Reading of . . .
THE POTTING SHED by Graham Greene at
Schenectady Civic Playhouse, Saturday, April 4, 2:30 pm

SCHENECTADY – Graham Greene’s “The Potting Shed”, directed by Joe Phillips, will be presented as a free staged reading Saturday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse, 12 So. Church Street, in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district. One performance only, it is part of a series celebrating Schenectady Civic Players’ 87th season. 

Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Graham Greene's "The Potting Shed" is a Tony-nominated 1950's drama weaving together a family mystery with a mystery of faith. Twelve Civic Players and Capital area actors are featured in this production.

As a formerly famous aetheist scholar, Henry Callifer, lies on his deathbed, his estranged son James (played by Peter Caracappa) arrives at the family mansion, where the once-great man's loved ones are gathered, to pay his final respects. But his mother Mary Callifer (Barbara Petersen) bars him from seeing the dying patriarch. Why? Mary's precocious teenaged granddaughter Anne (Sophia Raup) sets about to uncover the family secret, which James has blacked from his memory -- but which has torn his marriage to Sara (Melissa Bergin) asunder. The mystery revolves around another mysterious family member, Father William Callifer (Konrad Raup); a long-ago summer; and a shocking incident in the garden shed... and possibly, something miraculous.

Also in the cast are George Filieau as Henry's devoted acolyte, Dr. Frederic Baston; William Sanderson as Anne's widowed father, John Callifer; Pat Brady as Mrs. Potter, widow of the family's loyal former gardener; John Quinan as Corner, James' flatmate; Allison Aumick as psychologist Dr. Kreuzer; and Margot Phillips as Father Callifer's housekeeper, Mrs. Callahan. Mary Darcy narrates the staged reading, which is directed by Joe Phillips, who helmed "Our Country's Good" for SCP several seasons ago. 

-- Saturday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. --
(One Performance Only) 

Schenectady Civic Players
12 South Church St., in Schenectady’s historic Stockade District (518-382-2081)
FREE Admission. Open Seating. No advance reservations.
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