On Tuesday, September 25 @ 6:30pm the Valley Players will hold a reading of the 1953 political satire, The Arsonists, by Max Frisch. Come to read. Come to listen. Come to discuss. Potluck refreshments are welcome at the reading, which will be followed by discussion with the director, Louis Bronson.The play will be produced in late November and early December, with auditions scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3 at 6 pm.

The story: Gottlieb Biedermann has gotten himself into some hot water. He is in conflict with his business partner of twelve years, at odds with the changing world around him, and struggling to maintain an idea of safety in his home as a spat of fires ravage through some of the more well-known locales of his modern American city. His wife Babette feels torn between her perception of the world around her and the reality of it, caught up in the love she has for her husband all the while being deceived by it. The infallibility of a grim ending becomes all too real when a stranger knocks on the door, asking simply for a bit of food and maybe a dry place to sleep. Once a door has been knocked it has to be opened, eventually. What would you do for the one who had knocked?

Dec 28, 2024, 10:30 to 11:30 AM

Dec 30, 2024, 9 AM to 12 PM

Jan 1, 2025, 9 AM to 12 PM