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Witches?! In Salem?
by Matt Cox

Directed by Quinton Laughman
Welcome to Salem Village. 1692. It's a bad time to visit. Here, wealthy landowners want your land, local magistrates want your confession, unpopular reverends want your respect but more importantly your firewood, and everyone wants someone to be punished for something. Oh! And the newest Salem villagers, the Bloodkravens are here too. They are confused, but not letting it get in their way of having a good time.

Directed by Andrea Unger
This fanciful and poignant play explores the power of dreams and the magical creatures that create them. An eager new dream-giver known only as Littlest One struggles to heal the hearts of an abused young boy, his grieving caregiver and his estranged mother before the haunting memories each of them carries become more than they can bear. But are the dreams Littlest One weaves strong enough to fortify and protect the fragile humans in her care?

Directed by Diane Crews
This play is an original prequel to the J.M. Barrie story, telling the tale of Wendy Darling’s mother, Mary, and her time in Neverland as a girl. Throughout the play, we learn the background of several characters from the original story like Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, and Nana, and we also meet several other new characters.

Directed by Crystal Ganong
One Stoplight Town is a story about people from a town so small that you might drivethrough without taking a second look. But if you stopped for just a moment, you mightsee a young boy and girl fall in love, a cantankerous grocery store owner coping withchange, a son returning home while a daughter thinks about leaving, a beauty queenand a drum major striking up a friendship, and a handyman taking it all in while he fixeswhat is broken. These stories and more are filled with fun characters, lots of humor,plenty of heart and the theme that change comes for us all, whether we are ready ornot.

Directed by Gina Wagner
Miss Nelson can't control her crazy classroom because she's just too nice. But when she disappears, her replacement is the hard-as-nails, detention-loving, recess- canceling, homework-overloading substitute teacher Viola Swamp! With the Big Test approaching, the kids suddenly realize how much they miss Miss Nelson and they'll do anything -- including hiring a private eye -- to solve the mystery of her disappearance and bring her back.

Directed by Skye Williams
By chance, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macy's. Kris unleashes waves of goodwill with Macy's customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy's vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris shanghaied to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl's belief in Santa. Will the court confirm Kris as the true Santa, allowing Susan and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy?