Evening Performances
Saturday, June 8, 8:00 PM
When I Was A Boy is an honest, moving and even humorous look at a powerful coming of age story. Cooper Bates shares his recollection of the extraordinary inner life of his younger self, Frankie Bates, who grew up as the only Black child in a small Caucasian community in Kansas (population 1,500). He never saw himself as Black, until he was cast as Nigger Jim in the school production of Huckleberry Finn in 6th grade. This show is suggested for audiences 15 and up.
Sunday, June 9, 8:00 PM
The Playwrights Evening features the playwrights from our artistic