SUNY Psychologist to Have Play Performed
08/26/1998
NEW PALTZ -- "Recollections," a play by Jon Raskin, a faculty member in the psychology department at the State University of New York at New Paltz, was selected for presentation later this week at the sixth annual Playwright/Director's Workshop, in Montrose, NY. Performed by the Hand-to-Mouth Players, Raskin's one-act will be staged at the FDR Theatre on August 28-30.
"Recollections" is a four-character play which, says Raskin, "I wrote at the tail end of my graduate school studies. It was the first time I had a chance to do creative writing since I was an undergraduate," he said.
"Recollections" is about an engaged couple having an argument. While that couple discusses memories of events they have shared, another couple, also on stage, acts out different versions as described by each member of the engaged couple.
The play will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, and again at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 30.
The FDR Theatre is located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital, off Rte 9A, in Montrose.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
