Local Talents Gather for Holiday Benefit in Suffield

An ensemble of 15 talented local thespians from Massachusetts and Connecticut are gathering to produce four holiday themed one-acts, plus one bonus festive monologue, on December 4 and 5 at 8 p.m., and December 6 at 2 p.m. at Mapleton Hall in Suffield.

4 X’Mas is The Suffield Players’ 2015 Holiday Benefit Challenge production, performed with scripts in hand as a Staged Reading with a minimum of rehearsals and a maximum of creativity.

All proceeds from the production go toward the upkeep and maintenance of Mapleton Hall, The Suffield Players’ historic theatre home.

Performances include the famous Teacup Raffle, in which audience members get to bid on donated goods and services packaged up prettily by Suffield Players volunteers into festive baskets, bags and boxes, perfect for the gift giving season.

General admission only; no reservations. $10 donation suggested at the door.

Directors are Robert Lunde and Kelly Seip (Springfield, MA), Roger A. Ochs (East Windsor), Mark Proulx (Agawam, MA), and Konrad Rogowski (Chicopee, MA).

The cast includes Ken Aveline (Vernon), Karen Balaska and Christine Zdebski (Somers), Rachel Ballasy, Benjamin Buck, Rachel Berezin and Anna Marie Johansen (Longmeadow, MA), Karyn Burns (Windsor), Bob Demetrius (Northampton, MA), Lynn Faherty (Suffield), Zach Gray (Windsor Locks), Helen Malinka (Glastonbury), Melissa Otero (Bloomfield), Dana Ring (West Hartford) and Kim Spera (Agawam, MA).

For more information about 4 X’Mas, contact thesuffieldplayers@gmail.com, or visitwww.suffieldplayers.org.