An Evening of One Acts at Harding University

Authors

• Alice Childress
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• Derek Walcott
• Ted Shine

A Candle on the Table: Three elderly women meet at lunch on their first day in a home for senior citizens. A candle placed there by the matron awakens different memories in each. The conversation culminates in a friendship and an affirmative decision.

Lost: Two elder and absent minded friends find clarity in a compromising situation.

The Traveling Sisters: At the travel bureau the two old ladies were considered a bit eccentric; twice a year they planned a summer vacation and winter cruise that they could not afford. Suddenly their knowledge of foreign countries pays off.