NOVEMBER 1 – 23, 2008

“THE MYSTERY PLAYS”
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Directed by Donald Shenk

This provocative drama follows its characters through two related stories involving a train wreck, a ghost and a family murder. Like the original medieval mystery plays, Aguirre-Sacasa’s play wrestles with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness—in a uniquely American way. The New York Times called it, “stylish and spine-tingling…and irresistible.

with Nick Birren, Petrea Burchard, Sara Ceballos, Justin Dew, Dariean Henderson, Michael Pfaff and Chad C. Wood

Scenic Design: Nadia Morgan
Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker
Stage Manager: Eric Stimes

“FACING EAST”
by Carol Lynn Pearson
Directed by Donald Shenk
with
Jonathan Edward Brown as Marcus
Toni Trenton as Ruth
Neil Miller as Alex

Meet the Cast

Ruth and Alex McCormick are an upstanding Mormon couple reeling from the suicide of their gay son. They’re stuck between the comfort of their faith and the unfamiliarity of their new reality when they meet their son’s partner, Marcus, for the first time. The Salt lake Tribune said, “Facing East is a tightly-wound domestic tragedy that dares to ask important questions about faith, death and survival.”

About the Playwright Carol Lynn Pearson

APRIL 11 - MAY 4, 2008

“THE RUNNER STUMBLES”
by Milan Stitt
Directed by Donald Shenk

Look at "The Runner Stumbles"

A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her superior, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder.  What led to the murder?  Was anything “improper” going on in this small up-country parish?  The true nature of God and love are at the heart of this searing drama.

Starring Lindsey Ginter as Father Rivard and Joanna Strapp as Sister Rita with Marie O’Donnell as Mrs. Shandig, Dennis Martin Clarke as the lawyer, Toby Felker, Jen Bailey as Erna, Kim Rome as Louise, Patrick Mulderrig as Amos, the prison guard, Alexander Wells as Monsignor Nelson and Craig Frank as the Prosecutor.

Production Design by Janne Larsen
Technical Direction by Eric Nolfo
Lighting Design by Tiffany Lynn Williams
Costumes Designed by Shon LeBlanc
Sound Designed by Jeff Teeter
Stage Manager: Carlo Pittaluga