And it shall be forgiven...
A two-act play by Jason Slavik
An old office building in Amsterdam was used in 1942 as the office for deporting Dutch Jews commanded by Colonel Dietrich ( Dennis Roach) with most of the paperwork being done by a clerk Lieutenant Friedrich Honheim (Jason Meyers).
MIcha (Sean Lewis), Elaina (Amber Muschelli) and Serina decide to go down to the local bakery to get something to eat, while Devin stays behind to take a shower. "Bring me back a bear claw."
Devin's friends at first don't believe him until Honheim types on the type writer and makes the radio turn off and on. They decide to find a way to exorcise him so he can pass on.
Sara discovers what they are doing and explains that she and her brother Isaac were one of the children saved by Honheim and that none of them or their descendants would have existed if not for one good man.
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In 2009 the building has been inherited by Sara Rosenburg (Suzanne Greenwald) and is being renovated with the help of her grandson Micha and his three friends, Elaina, Devin (Mark Kelly), and Serina (April McCandless).
Suddenly Devin, in just a towel and mouth foaming from tooth paste, encounters a working radio, picture of Hitler, and Honheim, scaring each other out of the room.
Even though he saved several Jewish orphans Honheim believes he deserves his fate as Devin, Serina, Micha, and Elaina try one last ceremony.
Honheim at last receives the forgiveness he desires and passes on. Sara leads Deven, Serina, Micha and Elaine in a kaddish for Honheim.
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The Last Memory of an Ol' Brownie Fan
A two-act play by Bill Borst
Charly Kelly is the Brownie Fan whom his daughter has asked to tell the story of his life to a tape recorder for a school project. In doing so he relates the history of his favorite baseball team the St. Louis Browns.
"Yes sir, the Brownies played a man who only had one arm. His name was Gray, Pete Gray and he was a delight to watch. He could really play."
The Brownie Fan at his favorite past time.
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"Baseball was so bad in the 40s that even the Browns could win a pennant. Now that really tanned my sideburns." As the Brownie Fan relates the 1944 season.
" So you know what I want my last memory to be? I want to be thinking about Jimmy Dyck’s laaaa-zzzzy fly ball to centerfield…where the center fielder Rivera hauls it in…like it was just another day at the beach. That has to be it! That will be my last memory because in a lota ways, it WAS my “last memory!”
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You Know I Can't Eat Buffalo Meat When There's a Terrorist on the Loose
A two-act play by Mario Farwell
Lowell Lovelace (Archie Coleman) has an idea to cash in on casino money via his 37.8% American Indian heritage. He redecorates the house in what he thinks is authentic (from eBay) American Indian style including a 7 1/2 foot totem pole which his neighbor Jenkins (Don McClendon) helps him assemble.
Lowell, unfortunately, picks the night of the first meeting between the Lovelace's and Patricia Lovelace's (Lauren Liddell) prospective in-laws. Maggie Lovelace (Barbara Swift) greets the Barondorfs, the mother Loretta (Bobbie Williams), Patricia's fiance Lawrence (Maurice Walters), and the father Walter (Ethan Jones) with Lowell determined to exude indianess.
The tense gathering is interrupted by Rajeem Nasir (Tyrone Van Hoesen) a Pakistani terrorist (I'm not Indian!) whom Lowell mistakens for the tribal representative that is to arrive to confirm Lowell's tribal status. He takes everyone hostage and reveals his intent on blowing up a famous St. Louis landmark.
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 Lowell's son Alex AKA LAX (Jeremy Thomas) does a rap in honor of the unveiling of the totem pole.
Not to be out done by a show of family heritage, Jenkins enters displaying his Scottish decent.
Rajeem is ultimately subdued by Maggie's mother Noola Brown (Ruby Lacy) a former girl gang leader.
The next day the tribal representative, Timothy Lightfoot (Mike Costello) does arrive to induct Lowell in a peace pipe ceremony as the Barondorfs and the Lovelaces square off over the wedding once again.
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Almond Checkmate
by Bill Hopkins
Two desk bound spies, Alexander (Mike Costello) and Gregory (Mark Abels) play a deadly game of chess to see who will resign from the Agency.
Stone Cold
by Jim Greer
John (Matthew Steiner) is in an emergency room trying to get treatment for a kidney stone. First he must get through the receptionist Thelma (Barbara Swift) and the hospitals red tape.
Death Blow
by Brian Carland
Nicky (Mark Jefferson) has travelled far to meet Yama (Mark Abels), the Lord of Death and ask him the fate of his two brothers.
Lord Yama's able assistant Chitragupta (Matthew Steiner) looks on at the exchange with disapproval.
The Crucifixion of Moe and Ira
by Lynn-Steven Johanson
Judea 33 AD Moe (Matthew Steiner), a clown, and Ira (Mark Abels) an alter maker, have found out to their discomfort that the occupying Roman authorities have no sense of humor.
Coffee Date #4
by Stephen Peirick
Larry (Joseph Link) is meeting his on line date, Corrine (Lori Gibson) for coffee as the waitress Maggie (Barbara Swift) finds out that he has not been exactly truthful.
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The Forgiveness Tree
by Kathleen Tomko
Two sisters, Maggie (Andrea Busch) and Lainne (Betsy Jones) come to an Oregon National Park at a site bombed by a Japanese pilot during WWII. The site also contains a connection with their deceased mother, Martha.
Maggie recounts the story of how Nobuo Fujita (Sam Chen) fire bombed the site and later returned to ask forgiveness of the forest.
A young Martha (Lynda Levy Clark) makes an impassioned plea to the town to allow Fujita to come and offer amends.
Pecan Surprise
by Jan Meyer
Lynn (Bobbie Williams) has found out that her husband is cheating on her so she is preparing a desert for her Bunco group that she knows her husband will eat and which he is deathly allergic to. Her friend Corrine (Lori Gibson) tries to convince her there are other choices.
Slop Bucket
by David Patterson
Kelvin (Mark Jefferson), Tex (Mike Costello), and Momma (Rhonda Cropp) are doing end of day clean up at a restaurant and are stymied by a vital key lost in the bubbling slop bucket.
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The Playing Ground
A two-act play by John Wolbers
Three ten year olds of various backgrounds, Lindsey (Laura Singleton), reagan (Amy Kelly), and Jimmy (John Foughty) meet by chance on the school yard and discover they have similar interests if not problems.
Meeting on the swing set they discuss their lives and what they want to do in life.
Reagan tries in vain to explain to her parents Greg (John Foughty) and Evelyn (Laura Singleton) that she wants to be an artist and to help her friend Lindsey.
Lindsey's mother Stacy (Amy Kelly) is upset that the dishes were not washed and drag Lindsey across the room.
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Jimmy tells about the two new friends he met that day to his two parents, Judith (Laura Singleton) Jimmy's mother, and Zoe (Amy Kelly) Judith's partner.
The two girls decide they are going to kiss jimmy at the same time to his surprise and embarrassment.
Reagan explains she wasn't successful in getting her parents to listen but she is going to pursue art any way.
Reagan and Lindsey demand that Jimmy tell which one of them he likes best, which he refuses to do in fear of loosing the first real friendships he has had.
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