FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- 5/3/09
MORGAN ARTS COUNCIL -- Berkeley Springs
Press Contact Only: Abbie Brown
 
SEE A PLAY- WIN A QUILT
 
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV ---- Marrying quilts with staged readings of 
local plays, the Morgan Arts Council presents Piecework on Mothers Day 
weekend at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs. For the third year, 
local writers and actors offer three one-act staged readings featuring 
quilts. Local quilters, in turn, create a pair of small quilts to go 
with each play. Audience member tickets provide both admission to a 
performance and a chance on winning one of the quilts.
 
The first play is "Unfinished Quilt" by Maureen Mylander and read by 
Ami Vermillion and Desiree Rose. "This one is a bit of a tear- 
jerker," says Abbie Brown, director of the Piecework plays. Jacque 
Delbaugh's one-act is called "Autumn Leaves" and Brown describes it as 
a "sweet little story." The third play is a continuation of the 
popular comic birding adventures of Betty and Donna. "In Search of 
the Kirkland's Warbler" is written by Bea Jakubowski and read by 
three fine comic actors: Jane McCloud, Sharon Carpenter-Rose and Tim 
Smailes.
 
Showtimes for Piecework are Saturday, May 9 at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 
10 at 3pm. Three quilts will be chanced off to the audience each 
day. Additional tickets for the quilts may be purchased. 
Reservations are being taken for the shows although seating is on a 
first come basis.
 
Piecework is the theatrical part of Berkeley Springs' immersion into 
quilts during the month of May. In addition to the staged readings, 
people can see the annual Delectable Mountains Quilt Show and Sale at 
the Ice House Gallery every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm 
throughout the month. In addition, there are 46 Yard Square quilts 
hanging in businesses and public buildings around town as part of a 
Silent Auction that has a live conclusion on Memorial Day at the Ice 
House.
 
For more information call 304-258-2300 or check online at 
www.macicehouse,org.