The Nine Mile Players Theater Group of Oxofrd is proud to announce the winner of its fall playwright contest: Bill Metivier of Southbury. Bill’s winning entry The Red Lantern-A Nun Fiction, is a hilarious comedy about four nuns who end up in a night full of wild and unexpected fun.  A staged reading of The Red Lantern will be performed at the Oxford Grange on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.

The Nine Mile Players will accept a suggested monetary donation of $5 or a nonperishable food item for admission. Nonperishable items collected will be donated to the Oxford Emergency Food bank, sponsored by the Oxford Ambulance Association. For more information, please call (203) 910-7088 or email ninemileplayers@oxfordculturalarts.org.

The Nine Mile Players have been made possible by grants from the Connecticut Commission for the Arts and the Connecticut Community Foundation.  They are a part of the Oxford Cultural Arts Commission.  For more information email: ninemileplayers@oxfordculturalarts.org or visit their website at www.oxfordculturalarts.org.