Not even Charles Van Eman, the guy who wrote that memorable opening scene for “On the Way to Pomona,” the new novel that he will officially launch in a weekend reading at the Actors Studio.

So Charles Van Eman, the former soap opera star and Port actor and director, has published a book, a novel, and is doing a reading at the Actors Studio? Sounds just a little familiar, right? Wasn ...

Each Tuesday morning, a group of acting students assembles at the Firehouse Center for the Arts for a lesson.