In collaboration with JIB Productions, producers of Fairfield County’s lunchtime theater program, Play With Your Food, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present Seasons Readings, a laughter-filled literary afternoon of heartwarming, seasonal short stories and plays performed by professional actors in the majestic holiday-decorated Rotunda of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.

Appropriate for audiences 12 and older, this special program includes a tour of the Mansion, which begins at 3:00 p.m., followed by the performance at 4:00 p.m., and refreshments, which will be served after the performance. Masks are required with proof of vaccination.*

The performance features Wolcott Gibb’s “Ring Out Wild Bells”, a hilarious take on a Christmas pageant at Riverdale Country School that was originally published in The New Yorker magazine. Other pieces include Suzanne Zelitch’s “I Had a Little Dreidel”, a poignant reflection on being your true self even while traveling in uncharted lands; “Geek Week” by Rebecca O’Connell, a holiday tale about two kids who bond at camp and discover they have more than a love of science in common; and Ray Bradbury’s little-known gem, “The Gift”, which shoots us into outer space on Christmas Eve.

*Scans of vaccination cards may be emailed to [email protected] prior to the event or presented at the door upon check-in.

Sponsored by JIB Productions and Play With Your Food

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Photos courtesy of Gus Apazidis