THE COLLECTION is an original two-act play about the heroes we avoid being, written and directed by John Poole.  We perform act 1. John’s original musical, Buddha Swings, is our Spring play, so come get an early preview of his wit and humor! Jacob Kleist is moving to Chicago, and so, he must sell his […]

Directed by Paul Baker . The Maker of Dreams by Oliphant Down   This musical fairy tale features Pierrot and Pierrette, living unhappily ever after together.  But a stranger arrives to help with magic, riddles, and poetry. . With original music by Bill Hohnke . 7 pm Friday, December, 7 at Augustana Church (5500 S Woodlawn.) […]

Directed by Laura MacGregor . An Enemy of the People was written in 1882 by Henrik Ibsen. It tells the story of a town, whose supposedly beneficial spa water may actually be poisoning the citizens.  But who is the actual enemy of the people:  the scientist gleeful at the disaster, the mayor eager to cover it up, […]

Directed by Oroki Rice, it’s an interracial love story set in 1918. There is a war in Europe, and a smaller war in South Carolina, where an African-American seamstress and a white German-American baker have a long-time affair.  Disapproval from neighbors and family, as well as South Carolina’s laws prohibiting interracial marriage, makes it increasingly hard for them […]