These 15 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.

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 purchase 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

Full cast of narrators includes Jay Zadeh, Amanda Young, and Brett J. Young.