HURLEYVILLE — Local Sullivan County playwright Bill Duncan of Woodbourne has penned a number of full-length plays seen locally, in Pennsylvania, and throughout NYS, including in NYC.

Big Sky Productions of Grahamsville, believing the country and the county could use a little cheering up these days, will present two staged readings of four of Bill’s earlier, lighter one acts at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville, sponsored by the Sullivan County Historical Society.

The two afternoons of merriment entitled “FourPlays About Q&As” will be presented on Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9 at 2 p.m., and will feature Sullivan and Ulster County residents: Albee Bockman, Mary Burkart, Paul Ciliberto, Crystal Tweed, Mike Valentine and Laure Valentine. Direction will be provided by Big Sky Productions’ Artistic Director Carol Montana.

“Hail to Stale” spoofs humanity’s passion for clichés; “Egyptian Mosaic” resurrects a Biblical character who waded into a major discovery down by the riverside; “America Speaking” satirizes the darker side of product sales; and in “The Mediator,” a new go-between runs comically afoul of an unyielding couple.

Admission to “FourPlays About Q&As” is $10 and refreshments will be served. The Sullivan County Museum is located at 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY.

For additional information call the Museum at 845-434-8044 or Big Sky Productions at 845-985-7783.