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Special Guest playwright
Melinda Lopez
joins us to read Sonia Flew
“lopez pulls us into a world that seems poignant, magical, forever alluring.” — miami herald
Apollinaire Theatre invites you to
Apollinaire at Home
a free online play & film script
reading gathering
(by video meeting)!
(no need for stage fright, it’s not a performance!-
we’re gathering together to read for fun!)
Readings will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30, and Sunday “matinee” at 3:00.
Here’s how it works:
Getting Ready:
• Click the name of the Play/Movie on our homepage to get a link to the script. (or above)
To read the script you can
– download and print it, or
– read it on a separate phone/ipad/computer, or
– if your screen permits, you can be in the video conference and read it on the same screen.
The Event Begins:
• Log-in to the meeting, by clicking the date of the reading on our homepage. (or above)
• We will start to gather online in the video meeting room at 7:00pm. (2:30 Sunday)
— We would normally provide refreshments, but since Zoom doesn’t give us the option to hand you a glass of wine, we suggest having your own snacks and drinks at the ready.
• When you join, please click the chat button and let us know if you are interested in reading a major role, smaller role, or being part of the audience.
• At 7:30 (3:00 Sunday) sharp we’ll draw names, you’ll pick your role, and we’ll read!
• Following the reading, we’ll stay on line for a half hour for folks who’d like to discuss the play/film.
No worries if you are not among the technologically gifted. We’re as new to this as you are, and there’s sure to be some glitchiness at first, but with a bit of humor and perseverance we’ll make this work!
Looking forward to reading with you!!
(617) 887-2336
www.apollinairetheatre.com
Apollinaire at Home
this week’s schedule:
Thursday March 26, 7:30 (gather 7:00-7:30)
Sonia Flew
with Special Guest playwright Melinda Lopez
by Melinda Lopez
•Hosted by Andrea Lyman
Friday March 27, 7:30 (gather 7:00-7:30)
Jaws
by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on novel by Peter Benchley
•Hosted by David Reiffel
Saturday March 28, 7:30 (gather 7:00-7:30)
Out of Sterno
By Deborah Zoe Laufer
•Hosted by Andrea Lyman
Sunday March 29, 3:00 (gather 2:30-3:00)
Dr. Strangelove
By Stanley Kubrick & Terry Southern, Based on the novel “Red Alert” by Peter George
•Hosted by David Reiffel
Thanks so much for your support
during this precarious time,
Please click here to donate by PayPal,
or contact us if you’d like to Sponsor
Apollinaire at Home.
Thanks!!
RESOURCES FOR CHELSEA RESIDENTS: COMMUNITY MEETING PANEL DISCUSSION
Chelsea Public Schools is committed to supporting our students and families. Students who would like to speak with a school Social Worker can now do so by emailing supportforstudents@chelseapublicschools.com.
Durante este tiempo de cierre de la escuela, estamos comprometidos a proporcionar apoyo social y emocionante a nuestros estudiantes y familias. Los estudianties que desean hablar con un trabajador social de la escuela pueden enviar un correo electrónico a supportforstudents@chelseapublicschools.com
***You can also call the Public Charge Hotline at 617-988-0609 and speak to a lawyer at no cost!
Emergency Family Planning Guide in Spanish https://www.masslegalservices.org/system/files/library/Plan%20de%20Preparacion%20Familiar%20Nov%202017.pdf
Emergency Family Planning Guide in English https://www.masslegalhelp.org/immigration/planning-for-family-emergency-packet.pdf
If you are a parent and need help dealing with stress or anxiety, you are not alone! There is a helpline for you: SAMSHA Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUS 667466 https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline
Immigrant families are in crisis and they are being left behind by ongoing COVID-19 emergency response efforts. We need your help to protect these vulnerable families, ensure their basic needs are met, and slow the spread of the virus in our community.
As a city of immigrants and working families, many of our Chelsea neighbors survive day to day, without a safety net or emergency savings. Chelsea housing costs have been rapidly rising and even with previously high rates of employment, very few families earn a living wage and have been able to save for an economic crisis of this magnitude.
The City of Chelsea and community organizations like the Collaborative do not have access to the same philanthropic resources as nearby Boston. We are a small, densely populated city with tremendous needs among our diverse residents.
Thousands of our neighbors are suddenly and unexpectedly without wages – with numbers growing every day. Parents are at home with their children – isolated without food, access to medical care, internet connection, or reliable, multilingual information. Undocumented workers – now without wages – can’t qualify for unemployment. Many people are living in overcrowded apartments and some still face eviction.
I’m asking you to make an emergency gift today to support major expansions in community outreach and services that the Chelsea Collaborative is leading in response to COVID-19.
We are mobilizing to protect the health and well being of immigrant families. We have more than doubled our reach in just a few weeks, and fully remotely. As a small organization, we are beyond capacity and needing to deploy new resources to meet the many needs of our community. Updated information about the Chelsea Collaborative’s COVID-19 emergency response are available on our website.
Your gift will help us ensure that immigrants are not left behind in COVID-19 emergency response efforts.
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Medical Masks for First Responders
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A group of jornaleros (day laborers) in Chelsea, who lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and statewide shutdown, have come together to support first responders and help undocumented families in Chelsea weather the financial crisis. Read More>
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Immigrant communities like Chelsea are emerging as hot spots for rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus, revealing gross inequities in our safety net systems. The pandemic is hitting Latino, immigrant, and non-English speaking communities like ours hard. We must do better to ensure that immigrants are not left behind.
As of today, there are 356 confirmed cases in Chelsea. Eight of our neighbors have died from the virus. With a rate of more than 88 cases per 10,000 residents, Chelsea now has the highest infection rate in the state. We know these numbers will continue to climb and that many more cases are going unreported.
From today’s Boston Globe:
“To some degree, Latino immigrants have always been an invisible population. But the virus is indifferent to workers in the underground economy. More than the coronavirus performing as the ‘great equalizer,’ it should be hailed as the ‘great revealer.’ Immigrants can’t remain an invisible problem when a public health crisis is overwhelming the state. And it’s only going to get worse for this population unless we start paying attention.”
Please let immigrant families know you’re paying attention by making an emergency gift today to support the Chelsea Collaborative’s COVID-19 response efforts.
We are distributing food, diapers and formula to hundreds of families each day; assisting with unemployment applications; helping families stay in their homes; connecting residents to medical care; raising awareness of how to stay healthy and safe; and providing daily bilingual workshops to our community on social media.
Your gift will help us continue to serve as a lifeline to our immigrant community that has been invisible for too long. COVID-19 is not affecting all communities the same. Ours is being devastated and we must come together to ensure immigrants are not left behind to fight this virus alone.
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https://unitedwaymassbay.org/covid-19/the-one-chelsea-fund/
The people of Chelsea, Massachusetts need your help urgently.
The One Chelsea Fund, established with the United Way by the City of Chelsea and community partners (the Chelsea Collaborative, GreenRoots, and the Neighborhood Developers), provides direct assistance to local families in dire need because of the pandemic.
Chelsea is home to some of the most vulnerable groups in the Boston region: newly-arrived immigrants, undocumented families, non-English speakers, and low-income workers and families with children. As a frontline community, Chelsea residents already experience greater public health challenges. The economic, social, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were immediate and dire for the many in Chelsea who live one paycheck away from serious financial hardship. COVID-19 has magnified the ongoing struggles of our community: unstable and unaffordable housing, food insecurity, low wages, lack of English proficiency, and high rates of uninsured.
Our community partners are coordinating the thoughtful distribution of your donations with 100% going to Chelsea families.
A message from our Assistant City Engineer, Rebecca Wright – We’ll all get through this together! #WeStayAtHomeChelsea If you are having trouble with rent, food, or other basic needs because of the impact of the coronavirus, please contact us at 3-1-1 (617-466-4209) for assistance.Regardless of your health insurance status or your immigration status, if you need a doctor, make an appointment at the MGH Respiratory Illness Clinic calling 617-724-7000 or the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center calling 617-975 -6060. Un mensaje de Rebecca Wright, asistente de ingeniero de la ciudad – ¡Juntos vamos a salir adelante! #NosQuedamosEnCasaChelseaSi tiene problemas con el alquiler, la comida u otras necesidades básicas debido al impacto del coronavirus, llame al 3-1-1 (617-466-4209) para obtener ayuda.Si necesita un médico, sin importar si tiene o no seguro de salud o su estado de inmigración, haga una cita en la Clínica de Enfermedades Respiratorias del MGH llamando al 617-724-7000 o al Centro Médico Beth Israel Deaconess llamando al 617-975-6060.
Posted by City of Chelsea Massachusetts- Gov on Wednesday, April 8, 2020
A message in Portuguese from Odelisa Macedo, Human Resources Business Partner – We’ll all get through this together! #WeStayAtHomeChelsea Uma mensagem da nossa analista de negócios de Recursos Humanos, Odelisa Macedo – todos nós vamos resolver isso juntos!
Posted by City of Chelsea Massachusetts- Gov on Wednesday, April 8, 2020
A message in Portuguese from Odelisa Macedo, Human Resources Business Partner – We’ll all get through this together! #WeStayAtHomeChelsea
Uma mensagem da nossa analista de negócios de Recursos Humanos, Odelisa Macedo – todos nós vamos resolver isso juntos!
