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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 "Each beach reading experience is as unique as each of our Hermitage Fellows," says Bruce Rodgers, executive director of the Hermitage, in the release. "Earlier this year we had a writer who was also a guitarist and singer. This time we have two playwrights who are also actors. Our writers love to read on the beach, an experience they are not often offered." Page 95 duced by the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA, as well as other theaters around the country, including the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the release points out. The story is about a woman named Mary who stumbles back into dating after her engagement (and heart) is broken. "The 'romances' range from shady to absurd to just plain comic as she navigates a year's worth of hapless holidays, findRodgers adds, "Having playwrights/actors ing her way back to happiness with no need read promises to add another level of perforfor a Prince Charming in the end," the release mance and a great way to start the weekend." adds. Ain Gordon is a three-time Obie Award-winThe Hermitage is a not-for-profit retreat that ning writer/director/actor and a John Simon brings accomplished painters, sculptors, writGuggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in ers, playwrights, poets, composers and other playwriting, the release points out. Gordon artists from all over the world for extended also wrote for NBC's TV series Will & Grace. stays on its 8.5-acre campus. Each artist is His Art Life & Showbiz: A Non-Fiction Play asked to contribute two services to the comis published in Palgrave Macmillan's Dramamunity during his stay, the release notes. turgy Of The Real On The World Stage, the release adds For more information about the beach reading or The Hermitage Artist Retreat, call 475-2098 Hoben will read from her play, The Twelve or visit www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org. Days of Christmas, which has been pro- Ain Gordon/Contributed photo Ginna Hoben/Contributed photo