This Truth is Clear and Evident by playwright Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen opens March 3, 2012 at the historic Robinson Theater at 2903 Q Street in Richmond, Virginia.  There is a 2pm matinee and 8pm evening performance.  Tickets are $10.

This play is a modern take on traditional Islamic theater in that it is performed all in poetry.  It tells the story about the struggle and faith of Muslims in the Americas - North & South.  The all Male cast shares the story of how they - the Muslim they represent - developed and defined their Islamic identify and belief.  The poems deal with faith, love, renewal and submission as well as resistence, divisiveness and a search for a understanding of truth.  The poetic reflections are shared in English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu as the audience is drawn into 'their' world and not only what they say, but how they say it. It is ultimately a story of understanding Man's desire to realize his place as the best of God's creation.  This Truth is part of the 2012 Acts of Faith Festival in Richmond, Virginia (www.theactsoffaith.org)

Cast Spell, a one act play, Sir William Molock Drama Guild. The closing night cast party of a failed musical turns dangerous when the actors begin to dabble in the occult. Thriller; 2 men, 4 women, no set (i.e.backstage) 35 minutes.

Jenny Does Shakespeare, a one act play, in production at Alvernia University. Technical difficulties and stage fright overwhelm a high school student when she stands before the ASS (American Shakespeare Society) trying to read her honors paper titled "Shakespeare and the youth of today." Comedy; 1 young women, offstage voice, no set, 25 minutes.

Kiss the Twins for Me, a one act play, Coffeyville Community College. Their loving mother has disappeared, revealing that she has a secret -- or perhaps a whole secret life? Can even a close family ever really know each other? Drama; 1 mid- 30s woman, 2 30s men, her older and younger brothers; an empty room, 10 minutes.

A reading of Empty, a new play by Hope McIntyre, created with the Winnipeg Harvest-sponsored food bank at First Unitarian Universalist  Church of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council’s community WITH ART program. November 29^th at 7:00pm at the First Unitarian Universalist  Church of Winnipeg (603 Wellington Crescent), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Admission is free and a reception will follow.

Cutting from the epic biography of Victoria Woodhull, Spirit and Flesh, performed in the Texas UIL Contest by Tulia High School. Vicky was the mesmerizing spiritualist and stockbroker who was the first woman to run for President of the United Statesundefined in 1872, on a platform of Equal Rights and Free Love. Vicky spent election night in jail, arrested for trying to vote for herself. Historical drama. Two acts, unit set, two hours. Cast: 4-8 women and 3-7 men, ages 20's through 70's; with doubling.

Party, Party: Tea and Antipathy, a one act play, presented by Eastwood Collegiate Inst. Kichner, Canada. Civil War breaks out in a suburban household when a family of liberal Democrats discovers that Grandma is a disciple of Glen Beck and wants to recruit the grand kids. Comedy; 2 women, 60-80 and 30-40, 1 man, 30-45, 2 children, boy 9 and girl 12, 10 minutes.

LINDSEY'S OYSTER by Tammy Ryan, Oct 6-15, Theater by the Grove, Waller Hall Main Stage, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center.  For tickets and  more information call 724-357-ARTS or go to www.iup.edu (the lively arts)

"The newest play from award winning Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan signals IUP's commitment to the National Theater Conference's Initiative to Celebrate American Women Playwrights."

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS will have its Pittsburgh Premiere by THE REP, the professoinal repertory company of The Pittsburgh Playhouse at the Studio Theater, Pittsburgh, PA,  Sept 30-Oct 16.  For more information call 412-392-8000 or go to www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.