PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Welcome back!
It’s been a busy, nonstop year, with lots of traveling—from RI and DE to Kansas and Winnipeg—doing My Summer Vacation, The Bedquilt, Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Satire, The Revolt of “Mother,” and Places, Please, Act One.
Coming up in October is Halloween Hauntings, followed by a new holiday show, Seasonal Surprises, in December. (I’m taking a much-needed break in November . . . to market shows for the winter, including Senior Sweethearts, two stories of New England romance.
By the way, Warren Kliewer’s Places, Please, Act One will return in April 2026, National Poetry month.
Meanwhile, my performance at NYC’s Drama Book Shop was recorded for their podcast, Drama Book Show. To find it, visit https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcasts/the-drama-book-show in a few weeks. Or write me at ruedelarue@aol.com.
Copies of Places, Please, Act One: Poems around and about theatres—Warren’s book—are on sale at Drama Book Shop, available on Amazon and via this website AND Warren’s: warrenkliewer.com.
And NOW: THE CALENDAR
All performances are free; reservations recommended.
🎃 Halloween Hauntings
Sunday, October 19, 1:00 p.m.
Wood-Ridge Historical Society Bianchi House, 111 First Street, Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 (201) 939-0202, option 2 https://www.njwoodridge.org/departments/woodridge-historical-society
🎃 Halloween Hauntings
Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m.
Stratford Library 2203 Main Street, Stratford, CT 06614 (203) 385-4162 https://stratfordlibrary.org/
🎃 Halloween Hauntings
Thursday, October 30, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenixville Public Library 183 Second Avenue, Phoenixville, PA 19460 (610) 933-3013 https://phoenixvillelibrary.org/
🎄 Seasonal Surprises
Saturday, December 13, 2:00 p.m. Avalon Free Public Library Performance venue: Avalon History Center 215 39th St. Avalon 08202 (609) 967-7155 https://www.avalonfreelibrary.org/
🎄 Seasonal Surprises
Sunday, December, 21, 2:00 p.m. Eastchester Public Library 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester, NY 10709 (914) 793-5055 eastchesterlibrary.org
🥳 Coming in the New Year
Bookings in NJ, PA, MA, RI, NY, DE . . . so far:
I’m marketing now for 2026. Want to bring a performance to your library, club, or home? I’ll travel anywhere. Just write or call to ask (ruedelarue@aol.com, 201-863-6436).
🎃 ABOUT HALLOWEEN HAUNTINGS
The Shadows on the Wall: in the wake of a sudden mysterious death, four siblings are drawn to a familiar but menacing New England parlor. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The House That Was Not lures a naive new bride over the bleak Nebraska prairie. By Elia Wilkinson Peattie
🎄 ABOUT SEASONAL SURPRISES (NEW)
THREE MORE STORIES FILLED WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER: O. Henry’s “A Chaparral Christmas Gift” finds romance and revolt in Wild West California ❄ Stephen Leacock’s “Hoodoo McFiggin’s Christmas” finds hilarity in a big-city boarding house ❄ Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s “The Balsam Fir” finds new hope in hardscrabble Eastern Massachusetts
🏠 ABOUT THE REVOLT OF “MOTHER” (Returning in March 2026)
Long ago, Adoniram Penn promised his wife that he would build a proper house on their New England farm. He even pointed out the spot. That was early in their marriage—two children ago. Now, as their eldest prepares for her wedding, the family still crams into the old, shabby cottage . . . and Father is building a barn where the new house belongs. It’s the last straw for Mother, and Father’s in for a surprise. By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
