About this Event
The Script Society is our collaborative play reading group led by Roxanne Baker. Let's enjoy drama without the anxiety of memorizing lines or donning costumes! Choose a Reader ticket if you'd like an assigned role and the chance to participate in the reading, or a Listener ticket if you'd prefer to sit back, follow along, and enjoy the performance unfolding around you. No experience required; all you need is curiosity, enthusiasm, and a love of great storytelling.
This month's selection is Samantha Hurley's I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire. To cope with the absence of her father, neglect from her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth grader Shelby Hinkley has put all of her time and energy into the only thing that matters in 2004: Spiderman. When leading a devout online fan club proves insufficient to her needs, Shelby decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire, and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic heartthrob she thinks she knows. A Y2K farce, I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them.
We will meet in person in the loft at our store at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. The book club is $22, which is the cost of your copy of I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire to be picked up at Bookstore1 any time before our meeting. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Samantha Hurley is a Maine-raised, Chicago based playwright and comedy writer. Her first play, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire premiered off-Broadway at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre to critical acclaim and a sold out run. The play had its international debut in London at the Southwark Playhouse. I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is published by Concord Theatricals and has been featured in Teen Vogue, Interview, and Pleaser magazine. Hurley’s original sketches have been performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Characters Welcome, and the People’s Improv Theatre. Her plays have been developed at the cell theatre, Pocket VR/Theatre L’acadie, Imposter’s Theater, Two Chairs Theatre Company, and Avalanche Theatre.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
Roxanne Baker hails from the mecca of film, Rochester, NY, where she introduced films at the George Eastman House. Since she arrived in Florida, she has moderated film talk-backs at Burns Court and taught Film Appreciation at Sarasota Art Museum through Osher Life Long Learning.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, United States
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