_ Sunday, April 15, 2012, is the bicentennial of the sinking of the Titanic. As part of the day, Stage East will perform a staged reading of the play, Scotland Road, by Jeffrey Hatcher. Scotland road refers to lower-deck corridor which ran the length of the ship, used by staff on the Titanic. The play is centered on a beautiful young woman found floating on an icebug in the middle of the North Atlantic, in the last decade of the twentieth century in nineteenth-century clothing. When rescued, she says only one word: Titanic. “Scotland Road, the1993 winner of the Lois and Richard Rosenthal's fifth-annual New Play Prize, wraps a suspenseful package of intrigue and psychodrama…The characters and their interactions, which both deepen and unravel the mystery, reveal that few people are what they seem. The result? A study in self-identity, a Gothic psychological thriller, and most of all—pure entertainment." —Recorder.

In addition to Scotland Road, the Northern Lights Film Society will show the film, A Night to Remember, that evening at 7:00pm.

The performance is part of the Sunday Afternoon series provided by Eastport Arts Center during the winter months from January through April.  The shows range from poetry readings and lecturers to musical programs and staged readings.  Entrance is free but donations are accepted to help with heating costs and other expenses.

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