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A Vineyard Haven Library Benefit 

Enjoy a special reading of I AND YOU, performed by John Brannen and Jacqueline Stallings of the Peter H Luce Play-readers. Come support the Vineyard Haven Public library and its mission to build a brand-new Community Space! Your in-hand *TICKET buys you a chance to WIN AWESOME PRIZES from:

Salvatore’s, Cronigs, Our Market, Louisa Gould Gallery, Nochi, Pie Chix, Calleen’s Day Spa, Vineyard Pilates, The Green Room, CB Stark Jewelers, and Bunch of Grapes Bookstore!

Filmed comments before the play-reading from library supporters Al Franken, Livingston Taylor, Geraldine Brooks, Rose Styron and Arch Smith.

Please enjoy a wine reception afterward in our lobby courtesy of Our Market until 6:45PM!

“I AND YOU” is a play about the search for connection as two young adults (performed by two not-so-young Play Readers!) navigate a rocky path to a relationship. As they work together on a project in witty, non-stop repartee, they discover what makes up an ‘I and You’ relationship – a challenge as Caroline is housebound with a life-threatening illness while Anthony is a popular thriving athlete. Written by Lauren Gunderson, a multiple award-winning playwright, who in 2019 alone had a whopping total of 16 plays in production!

“I AND YOU” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Jacqueline Stallings

Jackie Stallings became a seasonal resident on the island in 2006. In 2014, she settled into year-round life on MV after she and her husband, Larkin, purchased THE RITZ CAFE. Jackie started her performance career with dance at a young age, then worked in modeling, TV, and film in the 80s. Marriage, motherhood, raising four kids, and her 25-year hiatus surprisingly ended. In 2018, agents in Los Angeles spotted her gray hair transformation on Instagram. Since then, she has worked on national campaigns in print, commercials, television, and film. COVID, along with a new island grandbaby, brought her back home. She joined the Luce Playreaders in 2022 to fill her creative void and now looks forward to her Wednesdays filled with new friends and like-minded performers.

John Brannen

John caught the theater bug over 50 years ago, and has tried his hand at acting, directing and stage managing. In 2012 he joined the Peter Luce Players and every Wednesday he delights in reading and discussing plays with his fellow Readers. In 2017 John directed the Peter Luce Players in Mousetrap at the MV Playhouse, and in 2019 he directed The Glass Mendacity at the MV Film Center.

Director/Producer Linda Comstock

Although her first passion is performing, Linda finds that directing (Studio ONE/Boston, PLP productions) brings a very satisfying psychological and interpretive challenge while producing requires business creativity as applied to media, publicity and fundraising. John and Jackie have helped to make her job seamless, and lots of fun! “Bravo team!! Lotsa love to my fellow Playreaders, and many thanks to Richard and his Cinema Paradiso staff!”

“By the close, Gunderson has guided us toward a sublime transfiguration that encompasses ‘Leaves of Grass,’ John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, space and time, bodies and spirit, death and rebirth.”– The New Yorker

“Unforgettable. The end will leave you gasping.” – Patricia Leslie, Washington Speaks