Actress Karen Allen, known for her roles in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Starman, will head the cast of Until Death, the third in a series of staged readings being presented through the partnership between the Pocono Mountains\u2019 Theater Company and East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Department of Theatre.<\/p>\n
The drama by Sarah T. Schwab will be presented Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m. in Smith-McFarland Theatre of ESU\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.<\/p>\n
In the play, an elderly woman is faced with a life\/death decision after her husband, a man with terminal heart disease, informs her that he will spend his final days alone in order to spare her emotional distress.<\/p>\n
The reading, which is recommended for adults and mature high school students, is open to the public at no cost. There is a suggested donation of $5 per reading.<\/p>\n
Reservations for the reading are recommended, but not required. To make a reservation, email SarahT.Schwab@gmail.com<\/a>, and include your name, the title of show, and the number of seats requested.<\/p>\n The Pocono Mountains\u2019 Theatre Company is a newly formed, 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company whose mission is to produce and develop diverse new works by American artists, both local and national; to cultivate and develop audiences to support the future patronage of American theater; and to provide a positive collaborative impact to the community, both culturally and financially.<\/p>\n