Belleville Public Library

Guest storyteller: James P. Leary

Can you name 19 musicals that were based on plays by Shakespeare? The Bard on Broadway, presented by Heartline Theatricals, features a selection of songs from these shows, some disguised so well you’d never know they were based on familiar classics.

What do you get when you cross farming, nursing, firefighting, fatherhood, humor, and a philosopher’s wit? A slew of best-selling memoirs that capture rural Wisconsin life in a way that is both refreshingly modern and reassuringly familiar. These books could be written by your neighbor, and practically are. 

Play Club extends a successful Forward Theater Co. program into the library world.  Through Play Club, participants receive a copy of FTC's current play to read, after which participants engage in discussion, which includes watching live scene work of the play by actors working with a director.  Participants will have the opportunity to engage in conversation with one another and the performers to reach a greater understanding of the play, its issues and struggles, and how a piece is brought from a written work to life.