The Paul Robeson presents the Richard B. Harrison Players “An Evening of Short Plays.”It featured four plays written by Alice Childress, Stever Carter, August Strindberg, Ruth Ada Gaines-Shelton.

The dates of the show were Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18. 

This weekend will the last time to catch the show starting Thurday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25.

The show times are Thursday- Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.”String,” by Alice Childress, is a play about isolation and mistrust.

The scene of the play was the annual neighborhood picnic block association.

The ladies of block association talked with Joe, a homeless-type character. J.V. Craig, a café operator who likes to boast about his money, soon joins them.

When J.V.’s wallet goes missing, everyone suspects Joe took it because he hid a piece of string in his pocket.

The truth eventually comes out, but not before the results of the suspicion causes damaged relationships.

In Steve Carter’s “Mirage,” the play is about two characters: a man and a woman.

The woman creeps into an apartment through a window wearing a black leather outfit.

A man comes into the house and the woman tries to hide but is finally caught. The man gets held captive by the woman and is instructed to strip.

In the very end, it is revealed that the man and woman are actually husband and wife.

“The Stronger” was written by August Strindberg and is about two women, known simply as Mrs. X and Miss Y, who run into each other on Christmas Eve in a restaurant.

One of the women is married and has been out Christmas shopping for her family.

Despite there being two characters, the play comes off more as a monologue than a conversation because throughout the play only Miss X of the women actually speaks.

In the course of the play, Mrs. X comes to the conclusion that Miss Y is having, or had, an affair with her husband. 

In Ruth Ada Gaines-Shelton’s “The Church Fight,” some rebellious church members, Brothers Ananias, Judas, and Investigator and Sisters Sapphira, Instigator, Meddler, Take-It-Back and Two-Face hold a secret meeting to bring charges against their pastor, Parson Procrastinator.

The pastor has been with the church for 15 years and the members are tired of looking at him.

They are shocked and recant their accusations when the pastor himself shows up at the meeting.

The shows are running through this week, and tickets are available at Paul Robeson theater. Students are free with an Aggie One card and should show up before the showtime.

• Noma Vilane