Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
M&M Productions will open the delightful, Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, by Emily Mann, on Saturday, February 9 at 2:00 PM at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701. This free performance is sponsored by the library with open seating, no reservations taken. For information go to M&M’s website www.MMPACI.com.

By Emily Mann, adapted from the book, Having Our Say, by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, and based on the extraordinary and long lives of the Delany sisters. Their story is not simply African-American history or women's history. It is our history, told through the eyes of two unforgettable women as they look not only into the past, but also ahead into the twenty-first century. The play opens as 103-year-old Sadie and 101-year-old Bessie welcome us into their Mount Vernon, New York, home. They take us on a remarkable journey through the last hundred years of our nation's history, recounting a fascinating series of events and anecdotes drawn from their rich family history and careers as pioneering African-American professionals.

The Delany sisters will be portrayed by actresses Donna D. James and Leslie Smithey, under the direction of Melinda O’Brien.

Full Performance Schedule
-Saturday, February 9 at 2:00 PM at the Yonkers Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
-Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY 10570
-Saturday, February 16 at 2:00 PM at the Irvington Public Library, 12 S. Astor Street Irvington, NY 10533
-Sunday, February, 17 at 2:00 PM at the Ferguson Library, One Public Library Plaza, Stamford, CT 06904
-Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 PM at the Greenwich Public Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830
-Sunday, February 24 at 2:00 PM at the John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 Main Street Shrub Oak, NY 10588
-Sunday, March 2 at 2:00 PM at the Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977
-Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 PM at the Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue Harrison, NY 10528

Art of Murder
M&M Productions will mount the murder mystery Art of Murder, by Joe DiPietro, on Sunday, February 10 at 3:00 PM at the Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue Harrison, NY 10528 (914- 835-0324). This free performance is sponsored by the library with open seating, no reservations taken. For information go to M&M’s website www.MMPACI.com.

In a remote estate in the countryside of Connecticut, Jack Brooks, one of the most accomplished and eccentric painters of his generation, awaits the imminent arrival of his art dealer. But the visit is not a standard one, for Jack feels wronged, and he is intending to kill the man. As Jack lays out his intentions for the evening, his wife, Annie, calmly paints. She is reluctant to go along with the plan, until Jack’s threat of violence convinces her otherwise. Harried and annoyed, Vincent, Jack’s flamboyant art dealer, arrives. Will Jack carry out his plan? Will Annie help him? Or is something else going on? 2000 Edgar (Allen Poe) Award Winner for Best Mystery Play!

Directed by Richard Manichello, the cast of local favorites includes M&M veterans, Robert J. D’Amato, Christine D’Amato and M&M newcomers, Karen Symington Muendell & Richard Z. Ross.

Performance Schedule:
-Sunday, February 10 at 3:00 PM at the Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue Harrison, NY 10528
-Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY 10570
-Sunday, March 30 at 2:00 PM at the John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 Main Street Shrub Oak, NY 10588
-Wednesday, April 16 at 7:00 PM at the Eastchester Public Library (tickets available at the library), 11 Oak Ridge Place Eastchester, NY 10709
-Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 PM at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library , 185 Kings Ferry Road Montrose, NY 10548

Chapter Two

M&M Productions will mount Chapter Two, by Neil Simon, perhaps America’s greatest comic playwright, opening on Sunday, January 27th at 2:00 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914-769-0548). This free performance is sponsored by the library with open seating, no reservations taken. For information go to M&M’s website www.MMPACI.com.

Based on part of Neil Simon's own life Chapter Two mixes laughter with heartache in this romantic and timeless comedy. George Schneider, a writer whose wife has recently died, returns to a lonely apartment. His brother Leo, a born matchmaker, tries to snap George out of his emotional tailspin by supplying him with unwanted and unsuccessful dates. Then Leo comes up with Jennie Malone and she's a winner. Still it's a rocky road ahead for the not so young lovers. George struggles with contradictory impulses to embrace a new life but remain faithful to the old. George and Jennie stumble on, tripping over George's pent up emotions and Jennie's wariness born of her recent marital fiasco. In a hilarious, farcical subplot, Leo has a fling with Faye, Jennie's dizzy and neurotic married friend.

Veteran actors Ray Eckerle, Jean Kadela, Elise P. Godfrey and C.D. Macaulay make up the cast, directed by M&M co-founder, Melinda O’Brien with assistant direction by Elinor Eckerle.

Performance Schedule
-Sunday, January 27 at 2:00 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY 10570
-Wednesday, February 13 at 7:00 PM at the Eastchester Public Library (tickets available at the library), 11 Oak Ridge Place Eastchester, NY 10709
-Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 PM at the Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue Harrison, NY 10528
-Saturday, March 15 at 2:00 PM at the Irvington Public Library, 12 S. Astor Street Irvington, NY 10533
-Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 PM at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library , 185 Kings Ferry Road Montrose, NY 10548
-Sunday, April 13 at 2:00 PM at the New City Library, 220 N. Main Street, New City, NY 10956
-Monday, April 14 at 7:00 PM at the Tuckahoe Public Library, 71 Columbus Avenue, Tuckahoe, NY 10707
-Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM at the Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Avenue Ossining, NY 10562
-Sunday, April 20 at 2:00 PM at the John C. Hart Memorial Library, 1130 Main Street Shrub Oak, NY 10588
-Saturday, April 26 at 1:30 PM at the Suffern Free Library, 210 Lafayette Avenue Suffern, NY 10901
-Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 PM at the Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977