THEATER | Applauding the playwright

Congratulate local award-winning playwright Kari Catton on her recent publishing success at a reception and reading at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Big Dog Plays and Norman Maine Plays have published three of her works, The Sparkle Miser, The Track Home and Healin’ Home. During the reception, a staged reading of The Track Home: The Musical will be featured 2-4 p.m. Twenty-four actors, including 11 children, will sing and read. Catton has been with Theatre in the Park since 2004 and directed numerous plays for TIP and Springfield Theatre Center. She was involved extensively with Mid-America Playwrights Theatre from 1989-2000.