These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination.

Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - and the resumption of those shows forced to pause during the pandemic - casts and crews will be once again ready to entertain you, and to bring the laughter and applause back to our stages and our lives. Until then, sit back, let us entertain you, and know that your listen has made a big difference for local artists...while we all wait in the wings.

Includes the following stories:

Very, Very
by Melissa Randall

Stars of Stage and Screen
by Joel Perry

A Ring of Truth
by K. Robert Campbell

8 Minutes, 20 Seconds
by Josh Bailey

John Willis Hostler
by Skip Maloney

Potty Stop Perils or The Trials and Tribulations of Public Restrooms
by Charlotte Hackman

The Sarpy County Incident
by Kenneth Vest

Emma’s Mission
by Shawn C. Sproatt

Smiles in Stormsville
by Kim Henry

Coppy
by Gwenyfar

Discovery
by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner

A Quiet, Decent Place
by Anne Russell

Grenadine, the Kudzu Queen
by Wiley Cash

Ace
by Philip Gerard

Arrival and Departure
by Clyde Edgerton

Henry Hongmin Kim