Director’s notes and commentary
by Lauren Nichols, Artistic Director Antoine de Saint-Exupery's lovely novella, The Little Prince, is a story which repays repeated visits and grows with the reader over time. I first read it in high school, many, many years ago, and was moved…
Here’s a pop quiz question for you: what is the individual book with the second-highest worldwide sales in history, according to Wikipedia’s list of verified book sales? (It’s not the Bible, because their list excludes “all books of a religious, ideological,…
The Christmas Express by Pat Cook. November 11 – 20, 2022 AUDITION: Monday, May 23 at 7:00 PM, at afO’s office/rehearsal hall: 2310 Weisser Park Avenue Seeking 6 women and 4 men: HILDA TROWBRIDGE, a grumpy woman who manages the…
Congratulations to all Season 14 participants! All award winning plays will be performed at the Young Playwrights Festival Gala on May 6 & 7 at the Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab downtown Fort Wayne. Auditions for all casts will be Tuesday,…
I was reminded recently of a play I once saw. It was a good production of a beautiful script. The acting was decent, the staging more than adequate. But one element came near to ruining the entire experience for me:…
Time is flying by and, unbelievably, we are in the last week of November! It has been wonderful sharing these stories with you, and seeing how all for One has an impact on the lives of those we work with…
Impacting our culture starts small. It starts with impacting individuals. all for One seeks to intentionally build relationships with the people who work with us. We take time at the beginning of every rehearsal to spend as a group, sharing…
A year ago when we decided it was time to reprise one of the most popular shows we've ever produced, that was our only motivation: the combination of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Christmas had been irresistible to our audiences in…
We opened our 2020-2021 season with our first ever virtual performance, a world premiere of Michael Wilhelm's comedy-drama, The Dreadful Journal of Phoebe Weems. As we navigate the challenges of live performance during a time of pandemic worries, we are…