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Please join us for a special afternoon of staged readings by students in the OLLI program. Each reading will be approximately five minutes and will feature:

John Abrams, retired public relations executive, writer and amateur improv performer: The Actor by Horton Foote

Bob Bronstein, resume distributor with prior careers in food brokerage and advertising: “An Ordinary Man” from My Fair Lady, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Maureen Boehm, retired middle and high school math teacher and counselor: an original selection entitled “Pandemania”

Julia Bruton-Sheppard, longtime member of OLLI: “It’s Your Birthday,” author anonymous, from Love after 70, a collection of poems and essays

Jeanne Buerkel, retired at age 85 from business development for architects and general contractors: "Wind and Window Flower” by Robert Frost

Eilen Levinson, retired librarian who also taught high school drama and English: selection from the movie Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire

Barbara Pomerantz legal assistant and former President of the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market for Children’s Charities: “Just Checking In” by Alice Muchany

Helene Rosenman, retired elementary school reading teacher: monologue from A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Robin Siegel, retired medical librarian: from the play Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson

After the readings, there will be time for questions and comments about any of the selections or the Staged Readings class in general.

This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at info@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app or check our new Zoom Instructions. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion. You will receive an email a day or so before the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

Please register through our website by clicking the Register Now on the right.   Directions for Self Registration can be found here.  You can also register by emailing Info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333.

This program is free of charge to our members, volunteers and donors. Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village. 

Penn’s Village welcomes and actively encourages an inclusive and diverse community of members, staff, Board of Directors and volunteers. Inclusiveness and diversity means welcoming all and excluding no one because of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social-economic status, physical abilities, religious beliefs or political beliefs.