Many of you have asked for details on the Petaluma Readers Theatre production that will include my story, “Elliot Comes to Play.” The story won a Flash Nonfiction Award and was published in Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative a few years ago. (Later, an expanded and modified version of the piece was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms.) These publications haven’t exactly made me rich (in monetary terms) but I am deeply grateful that this quiet little story about childlessness and hope has been so well received.

Now it will be read on stage. I don’t know whether to be excited or terrified at the thought of someone else reading my words aloud, before a paying audience. Mostly I’m excited. Really, really excited to be a part of this. A big thank you goes to Susan Bono of Tiny Lights and the entire Petaluma Readers Theatre for making this happen.

So here are the details. Consider this your personal invitation. Please attend if you can and spend a night with the Petaluma Readers Theatre. And then, as always, let me know what you think.

Until next time,
Cynthia Patton

The Petaluma Readers Theatre
Presents
Another Evening with Tiny Lights

“Defining Moments: Personal Stories of Joy and Regret”  

The Murray Rockowitz Photography Studio
128 Petaluma Boulevard, North in downtown Petaluma 

June 28, 29 & 30
July 5, 6, & 7
8 p.m.

Featuring award-winning essays by:
Cynthia Cady, Andy Gloege, Robin Beeman, Patricia Bingham, Kathleen McCormick, Cynthia Patton,
Nancy Colvin, Clare Linden, Ken Rodgers, & Amy Miller

Tickets are $12 and available for purchase at:
Petaluma Mail Depot, 40 Fourth Street (at C Street), Petaluma

Or online at http://www.petalumareaderstheatre.com/