Tuesday, April 22, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Compiled by Rush Rehm and Charles Junkerman, Voices of the Earth deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Along with powerful wilderness images and soundscapes, this staged reading features environmental pioneers (Muir, Carson, Stegner), great nature writers (Thoreau, Snyder, Abbey), playwrights who turn to the environment for inspiration (Sophocles, Chekhov, O’Neill), native American voices (Crowfoot, Chief Luther Standing Bear, Walking Buffalo), poets who honor the earth (Li Po, Rumi, Neruda, Levertov, Oliver, Lorde), environmental activists (Mendes, Saro-wiwa, Maathai, Goodall, McKibben), climate change deniers who insist we face no crisis, and scientists who know better. Voices of the Earth brings home the threat that looms, even as it lifts the spirit and calls us to action
Directed by Rainee Angles
Ensemble:
Bob Brown
Paula Campagna
Zanna Eckman
Francine Frank
Lisa Haines
Fiona Holmes
Ian Holmes
Leslie Holmes
Mark Holmes
Matthew Waits
The Crew:
Light Operator: Rainee Angles
Sound Operator: Taylor Stanfield
Saturday, June 21, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Tiny Beautiful Things, based on Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling book and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, brings to life the deeply moving and often humorous exchanges between an anonymous advice columnist known as “Sugar” and the readers who turned to her for guidance. Drawing from Strayed’s own experiences, the play explores the raw, unfiltered moments of being human—reaching out when you feel stuck, healing after heartbreak, and facing life’s toughest questions with empathy, honesty, and courage.
The Cast:
Sugar: Paula Campagna
Letter Writer #1: Justin Stich/Jenna Horick
Letter Writer #2: Madison Hatfield/Ian Holmes
Letter Writer #3: Matthew Waits/Zanna Eckman
The Production Team:
Director: Rainee Angles
Stage Manager: TBA
Production Design: Rainee Angles, Zanna Eckman
Technical Director: Rainee Angles
Publicity Manager: Benjamin Gullett
The Crew:
Set/Props: Johanna Kelley, Logan Savage
Light Operator: Rainee Angles
Sound Operator: Taylor Stanfield
Costumes/Make Up: Fiona Holmes, Amber Lytle
House Staff: TBA
Photographer: Sarah Jo Beyersdoerfer