The Friends of the Audi are pleased to present a second season of staged readings introducing new works for the stage. The first season saw growing audience interest in this innovative program and wider acclaim for three of the new plays which went on to win prizes at the Heartland Competition, the Boston Theatre Festival, and the New Hampshire Theatre Awards. A fourth, Rebecca Rule�s CROSSCUT, was chosen by the Walker Series for a staged production.

The 2009-2010 Page to Stage season opened with Les Rosenthal�s GIDEON on October 4 and previewed Jim Webber�s edgy musical, JUDY�S SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, at the Friends of the Audi�s December 6 Open House prior to its full production by Nashua�s Music and Drama Company. JUDY has received 15 nominations for the 2010 New Hampshire Theatre Awards! That�s just the start of this season. Coming up next:

Sunday, January 31, 3 pm � Playwright Don Tongue returns: SCENE CHANGES.

Last season Don�s workshop presentations featured actors who wowed the audience and propelled one piece, VOID, to an audience-favorite prize at the Boston Theatre Festival and a publication offer from a major dramatic publishing house.

Sunday, March 14, 3 pm � Playwright Eugene Shear: CROSSED HEARTS

This new work is a sequel to THE MATCHMAKERS, Eugene Shear�s play that was produced by the Players Ring in Portsmouth in 2009 and is being published by Big Dog Publishers. Though a sequel, the new work can stand independently.

Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 pm � Rebecca Rule�s CROSSCUT

The Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund presents Rebecca Rule�s CROSSCUT, her dramatic multi-media one-woman telling of the stories of North Country logging and lumbermen. Free and open to all. No tickets. Info: 225-9004.

Sunday, April 11, 3:30 pm � A Double Bill �

New Hampshire Playwright Dale Harrington: A MEASURE OF SUCCESS

Virginia Playwright Linda Mundel: PARADISE LODGE

Two playwrights present their new one-act dramas of entangled situations between family and friends.