Can You Survive the Grand Canyon?
In 1869, John Wesley Powell and his 9 crew members set out to do what most considered impossible – traverse through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River. Despite their lack of experience… Continue reading
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Designer Spotlight: Liz Stewart
Note from the Dramaturg: Theatre is a collaborative art, and no show would be complete without its designers. Liz Stewart, our Lighting Designer for The Amish Project, played a huge role in creating… Continue reading
Charles and Marie Roberts
On the day Charles Roberts entered an Amish Schoolhouse with three guns and 600 rounds of ammunition, his wife, Marie, had no reason to think anything was wrong. That morning, he had kissed… Continue reading
Unbelievable Forgiveness
In the days following the tragedy at West Nickle Mines Schoolhouse, the Amish did something that many find difficult to believe. They forgave the gunman, Charles Roberts, and they extended condolences to his… Continue reading
The Nickle Mines Shooting
On October 2nd, 2006, Charles Roberts walked into the West Nickle Mines Amish School. It was early on a school morning, and the children were busy working at their desks. Although Roberts was… Continue reading
From Zurich to Pennsylvania: A Timeline of Amish History
Amish history begins with the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. At the time, the Catholic Church was the moral authority of Europe, and many thought that it had overstepped its reach. In… Continue reading
The Winding Road to Cabaret the Musical
The 1966 musical “Cabaret” was based on the 1951 play “I Am a Camera” (also made into a 1955 film), adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel “Goodbye To Berlin”. This novel was itself… Continue reading
“A peculiar and all-pervading smell of hopeless decay”
The various “spielhauses” of Cabaret were not typically glitzy, or even very clean. The were run on a shoe-string, and typically looked and smelled like the underground scene one associates with… Continue reading
Cabaret! Behind the Movie
Bob Fosse’s legendary 1972 movie launched Cabaret, the Musical, into international fame. It won 8 Academy Awards, including a knockout Best Actress performance by Liza Minnelli. But the musical is surprisingly different show… Continue reading
39 Steps!
Come join us a for a rollicking spy farce based on Hitchock’s classic spy movie 39 Steps (1935). Hold your gut while you dodge bullets, in this send up of the classic spy… Continue reading