The next show for Stage Left Productions, “The Velocity of Autumn,” began June 30 and runs through Sunday, July 11 on its stage, 11340 W. Bell Road, Suite 105.

“The Velocity of Autumn” swirls around Alexandra, an 80-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she’ll spend her remaining years.

In Alexandra’s corner are her wit, her volcanic passion, and the fact that she’s barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to take out the block. But her children have their own secret weapon — estranged son Chris, who returns after 20 years, crawls through Alexandra’s second-floor window and becomes the family’s unlikely mediator. No sooner are the words “Hi, Mom” uttered than the emotional bombs start detonating.

The principals include: Suze St. John as Alexandra. St. John has been performing for more than 55 years, most recently as Susan #2 in Stage Left’s “Just the Ticket.”

Pandemic- era online shows include “A Bloody Mary Christmas” for Space 55, “As You Like It” with Flagstaff Shakespeare, and “Romeo and Juliet” with Tier 5 Theatre.

Additional stage roles include: Meg in “A Lie of the Mind” (Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival), Woman A in “Three Tall Women” (iTheatre Collaborative), and Mrs. Claus in “The Truth About Santa Claus” (BlkBoxPhx). She recently retired after 25 years teaching high school performing arts and finds joy playing the cello and calling Contra Dances. She said she is grateful to the entire Stage Left team for the opportunity to play this role.

Eric Schoen plays Chris. Schoen’s Valley credits include productions at Southwest Shakespeare, Arizona Jewish Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, as well as several directing credits at Desert Foothills Theatre, Mesa Encore Black Box and Paradise Valley Community College.