Diversions

Story: Playwright Paul Rudnick casts his wry eye on a number of situations dealing with alternative lifestyles in this four-scene, two-act pastiche. In Pride and Joy we meet Helene Nadler, mother of three grown children who have told her that they are lesbian, trans-sexual and a leather fetishist, respectively. So, as “the world’s greatest mother,” Helene reveals her thoughts and emotions to a Long Island chapter of the “Parents of Lesbians, Gays, the Transgendered, the Questioning, the Curious, the Creatively Concerned, and Others,” or P.L.G.T.Q.C.C.C. & O. for short.

Story: Trekkies of the universe, return with us now for ‘live’ re-enactments of two episodes of the classic science-fiction TV series. In The Gamesters of Triskelion, Captain Kirk, Ensign Chekov and Lieutenant Uhura are trapped on a planet where the mysterious ‘Providers’ have them engaged in gladiator battles with aliens for the Providers’ own malicious amusement. Kirk devises a desperate escape plan as Mr. Spock and others aboard the Enterprise search for their missing colleagues.

SATURDAY, MAY 12

Alex Groesch has fleet feet and nimble fingers. A sprinter for the St. Louis University High track and field team, Groesch is an accomplished cellist. He somehow finds the time to balance his athletic, musical and academic endeavors while performing at a high level in each (he’s carrying a 4.1 grade point average). “I stay up super late,” Groesch, 17, says. “I stay up as late as it takes.”