{"id":256462,"date":"2026-07-31T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256462\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:44:15","slug":"actors-circle-to-present-shorts-for-the-summer-iv-in-scranton-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256462\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors Circle to present \u2018Shorts for the Summer! IV\u2019 in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\tFrom left, first row: Amanda Rudnick, Chloe Conway, Nanziba Khan, Jim Warren, and Cathy Rist Strauch. Second row: Jason Belack, Alizabeth (Lizzy) Hayden, Judith Mulder, Mark Fryer, Jeff Ginsberg, and Robert Spalletta. Jason Narcoonis is also on staff.
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Actors Circle will present \u201cShorts for the Summer! IV\u201d Aug. 6 through 9 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton. The show features eight shorts, with four different directors.<\/p>\n

Jason Belack, Chloe Conway, Nanziba Khan, and Amanda Rudnick are each directing two shorts, for a total of eight shorts per show.<\/p>\n

Nanziba Khan is directing \u201cThe Pickup\u201d by Donald Loftus and \u201cYou Lovely Bell\u201d by Meredith Perry. The former is a short about an encounter that does not end as originally anticipated, and features a three-person cast of April Holgate, Gregg Germano, and Kandis Hill. The latter is a short about finding beauty in every moment of life, even the end, and features a cast of Nikohl North-Mozda and Searia Calhoun.<\/p>\n

Amanda Rudnick is directing \u201cLadies of the Night\u201d by Laurie Allen and \u201cGown\u201d by Robert Weibezahl. \u201cLadies of the Night\u201d is about two old friends who have had enough of the nursing home in which they are living. It features Cathy Rist Strauch and Poshi Walker as the cast. \u201cGown\u201d is about a mother and daughter\u2019s visit to a bridal shop, and features Lorrie Loughney, Sydney Clark, and Rachel Bradshaw in the cast.<\/p>\n

Chloe Conway is directing \u201cRaghead\u201d by Tom Coash and \u201cOnly One\u201d by Dan Morra. \u201cRaghead\u201d has a cast of Liz Yatko and Matt Williams and takes a look at the prejudice in a post-9\/11 New York City while a couple is on a blind date. \u201cOnly One\u201d is about a grandmother\u2019s rocking chair that harbors memories and is a source of marital conflict. The cast includes Danielle Dumire, Lara Zelinski, and Kilber Rubio.<\/p>\n

Jason Belack will be directing \u201cThe Last Visitor\u201d by David Schoenfeld and \u201cThe Thread Count in Hades\u201d by Steven Kobar. Harry Powell and Emma Ross tell a story about a hospital chaplain who faces the end of his life in \u201cThe Last Visitor.\u201d Brink Powell, Thomas Tomeo and Darren Moore tell the story of \u201cThe Thread Count in Hades\u201d, a short about what happens when an extremely obnoxious couple is sent to hell.<\/p>\n

Shows on Thursday through Saturday are at 7 p.m., and Sunday\u2019s show is at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for seniors, and $10 for students. Reservations can be made by calling 570-342-9707, or by purchasing tickets online at www.actorscirclescranton.com<\/a>. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left, first row: Amanda Rudnick, Chloe Conway, Nanziba Khan, Jim Warren, and Cathy Rist Strauch. Second row:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-256462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}