When we watch a play or a movie set in another time period, most of the differences are rather obvious: clothing and hair styles, car models. Others may be less so. In The Family Nobody Wanted, Timmy Doss professes to…
In conjunction with our production of The Family Nobody Wanted, we will have a literature table for you to peruse before the show and during intermission, with information from a number of area organizations which facilitate adoption in some way.…
This photo was in the Life magazine article which appeared in 1951, and was part of the media frenzy which drives the plot of the play, The Family Nobody Wanted, which is loosely based on the Doss family. Incidentally, Helen…
We have a large and wonderful group of actors--at least one is making his stage debut, and several are new to afO. Here they are, grouped by character relationship. Those with an asterisk appear on the afO Home Stage for…
A married couple has several medical options nowadays, when told that they are infertile. But in the 1940s, there were really only two choices: remain childless, or adopt. When Carl and Helen Doss, a couple in their 20s, found that…
I had intended to post several weeks ago this bibliography of the research sources I used when I wrote A Mighty Fortress (1988). In 1991 when we premiered it (after fairly aggressive editing), I created some supplemental material for congregations…
Prisoner of Joy: By and large, the cast wore their own black street clothes (ladies all in skirts and tops, men in pants and shirts--some button-down and some pullover. Kayla made all the final decisions about who wore what piece…
One of the most critical technical aspects of any production, to me, is the sound design. If the sound is just right, it enhances the action and helps the audience to fully understand both what is going on and how…