Letters to Sala
Based on the book Sala’s Gift by Ann Kirschner
Directed by Kristin Mellian
November 1-10, 2024
November 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.
October 3, 9* & 10 at 2:00 p.m.
In her golden years, the real-life Sala Garncarz Kirschner revealed her fifty-year secret to her daughter, Ann, when she gifted Ann 350 letters written and exchanged during World War II. Arlene Hutton’s Letters to Sala, based on Sala’s story and adapted from Ann Kirschner’s book Sala’s Gift, chronicles young Sala’s survival journey as a young Jewish woman working in seven WW2 Nazi labor camps. During her journey, young Sala's letters give her hope and bear witness to her experiences. Letters to Sala also follows Ann’s research and exploration of her mother’s painful history, while older Sala revisits the circumstances, people, and places of her recently unearthed past. Three generations of women wrestle with what should become of the letters, as they recognize the weight of their Jewish heritage, the power of loving bonds, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Tickets were $15 for the general public and $7 for students and were available through TheatreZone's box office only.
Letters to Sala is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com) 
Radium Girls
By D.W Gregory
Directed by Brittney Brady
February 14-23, 2025
February 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:30 p.m.
February 16, 22* & 23 at 2:00 p.m.
Based on actual historical events, Radium Girls depicts the plight of the American female factory workers who suffered and died from radium poisoning while working with luminous radium-based paint a century ago. The play recounts the excruciating journey of Grace, Kathryn, and Irene as they face down the callous institutions that caused them harm and tried to silence them, while they seek justice in court. Radium Girls urges us to bear witness and remember what happens when profits are prioritized over people, when women are silenced, and the unyielding perseverance that can bring about change when individuals advocate for justice for all.
Tickets were $15 for the general public and $7 for students.
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois
Image created by Olivia Daley ('23, Theatre)
The Wolves
By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Barry Cavin
April 11-27, 2025
April 11, 12, 25 & 26 at 7:30 p.m.
April 13, 26* & 27 at 2:00 p.m.
Sometimes goofy, sometimes catty, the players’ raw adolescent gamesmanship spills effortlessly from the playing field and onto the practice field in this athletic play about what it means to come of age in the crucible of sport. Young women with the common goal of being the best high school soccer team in the region weave together a fabric of community from the strings of each other’s fears, confusion, loves and losses.
Tickets were $15 for the general public and $7 for students.
“The Wolves” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Image created by Olivia Daley ('23, Theatre)
