This play originated over two years ago with a casual conversation between two friends: one, a father-to-be, mentioned that he was practicing his “Pooh” voice so that he could read to his baby the stories beloved by his wife; the…
London is once again confounded by the notorious thief, Flambeau. Scotland Yard detectives team with an unlikely ally: the humble and unassuming priest, Father Brown. Patrick Rieger’s faithful adaptation weaves together four of author G.K. Chesterton’s beloved mystery stories, which…
A.A. Milne and his illustrator, Ernest Shepherd, were both veterans of WWI and met through working with the magazine Punch after the war. Shepherd was hired by Methuen Books to illustrate Milne’s first book of poems, When We Were Very…
In 1914, Harry Coleburn, a veterinary surgeon, was traveling with the Fort Garry Cavalry unit from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Great Britain, to prepare to fight in World War I. Getting off the train to stretch his legs at a…
by Lauren E. Nichols Read Part 1 here Just months later, in the spring of 2005, I found myself in the director’s seat once more. This time, the play was one I discovered and fell in love with: William Gibson’s…
Winnie-the-Pooh: A Dream of Honeyadapted from the A.A. Milne stories by Lauren E. Nichols To be presented in the PPG ArtsLab Black BoxApril 19-21 & 26-28, 2024 WHEN: Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7:00 PMWHERE: afO offices, 2310 Weisser Park AvenueWHO: …
by Michael Wilhelm “You’ll never work in this town again.” That’s what they tell you in Hollywood if you don’t quite live up to their expectations. The truth is, there are all sorts of interesting jobs in that town. An…
by Lauren E. Nichols I did not always want to be a theater director. Those who have known me in the past couple of decades may find that surprising. But it’s true. My aspiration as a girl was to be…
by Lauren E. Nichols “For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.” (I Cor 7:22 NIV) It has been…