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Librarians Embrace Fiction

10-minute comedy
A shellshocked refugee seeks peace and quiet in a public library.

Characters
   Female               
COURTNEY, geeky shelver                
ELAINE, sensitive manager
   Male
AMIR, grateful immigrant
MAJE, disciplined soldier

(online reading)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
​October 12, 2022


​Cast: Alyson Linefsky (Courtney), Leslie C. Nemet (Elaine), Vince Gerardi ​(Amir), John Lampe (Maje)
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John Lampe (Maje), Alyson Linefsky (Courtney), Vince Gerardi ​(Amir) and Leslie C. Nemet (Elaine)

(online reading)
LAVA Playwrights Circle
Greenfield, Massachusetts
September 13, 2021

​
Cast: Nina Gross (Courtney), Jan Maher (Elaine), Patricia Crosby ​(Amir), Christine Benvenuto (Maje)
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Jan Maher (Elaine), Patricia Crosby ​(Amir), Nina Gross (Courtney) and Christine Benvenuto (Maje)

(online reading)
Among Us
Theatre Unmasked

​New York, NY
​July 23, 2021

​Cast: Brigid Pfeifer (Courtney), 
Emily Grimani (Elaine), Jack Steeley (Amir), Shayne McCatty (Maje)
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Brigid Pfeifer (Courtney), Shayne McCatty (Maje), Emily Grimani (Elaine) and Jack Steeley (Amir)

(online reading)
Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
​May 23, 2021

​Cast: Bailey Hovermale (Courtney),
Diane DiLillo Gutierrez (Elaine), Gene Valendo (Amir), Rick Bergmann (Maje)
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Rick Bergmann (Maje), Bailey Hovermale (Courtney), Gene Valendo (Amir) and Diane DiLillo Gutierrez (Elaine)

(online reading)
First Fridays
The Barrow Group
New York, NY
​May 7, 2021

​Cast: Kathleen Conway (Courtney), Anjali Khurana (Elaine), Prashant Tiwari (Amir), Timothy Seidel (Maje)
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Prashant Tiwari (Amir), Anjali Khurana (Elaine), Timothy Seidel (Maje) and Kathleen Conway (Courtney)

​(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
​April 20, 2021​​

​Cast: Petra Seirmarco (Courtney), Carmen Noemi Guzman (Elaine), Bernard Bosio (Amir), Matthew Provenza (Maje)
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Matthew Provenza (Maje), Petra Seirmarco (Courtney), Bernard Bosio (Amir) and Carmen Noemi Guzman (Elaine)

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Play reading
(under the title These Things Happen)
FirstStage Playwrights Express
The Actors Group Theater
Burbank, California
August 9, 2014 
Directed by Jacque Lynn Colton
Cast: Maria Paris (Courtney), Anita Borcia (Elaine), Sunil Vernekar (Amir), Daniel Michael McConnell (Maje)


Librarians Embrace Fiction is the third part of a trilogy of short plays: Three Weird Mornings at the Library.