Alda and Weaver to Read Rosenblatt One-Acts July 19

By Andrew Gans
July 15, 2008

Stage and screen stars Alan Alda and Sigourney Weaver will take part in staged readings of two Roger Rosenblatt one-acts July 19 at the 33rd Annual Summer Writers Conference on Lond Island.

The evening in the Avram Theater is titled I Must Be Off and will feature readings of the one-acts Blueberry and The Oldsmobiles. Show time is 7:30 PM.

The conference will also feature the following events:

July 21 at 8 PM: Two Very Funny People, One Wonderful Evening, a staged reading of new plays by Winnie Holzman and Christopher Durang.

July 25 at 7 PM: An Evening with Billy Collins, the gala launch of The Southampton Review.

Aug. 1 at 7:30 PM: An evening with award-winning screenwriter and director Robert Benton.

Aug. 2 at 7:30 PM: A tribute to director Alan J. Pakula, presented by author and critic Molly Haskell.

The Avram Theater is located at 239 Montauk Highway in Stony Brook Southampton. For ticket information visit www.stonybrook.edu/writers.

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The Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference "provides a forum for authors of all genres to study and discuss the craft of writing."