Miscellaneous Programs

Ashes To Ashes: A reader’s theatre program by Bette Lou Higgins about the murder of Dr. Harry Chapin in 1918 in Cleveland.
Atticus’ Daughter: A one act play by Mike Reitz based on To Kill A Mockingbird, set in the 1950’s.

The Best Songs I Never Sang: A Storyteller's Concert: Too often we never really HEAR the lyrics of songs that we know so well. With this program you'll HEAR the stories in the songs and the music in the lyrics while taking a look at life and love. Special Romance Version and Broadway Version also available! To purchase a DVD of this program contact the Video Storytellers.

A Cruise Into The Past On The Walk-In-The-Water: a short one-act play by Susan Brewer about the first steamboat in Lake Erie.

Dr. Putnam’s Miracle Mixture: A living history program re-creating the days of the Medicine Men along the Ohio-Erie Canal in the early 1800s.

The Donaheys: Artists and Politicians: this free spirited trip through time is a one-act play by Jonathan Wilhelm that tells the story of the Donaheys of New Philadelphia: Vic — Ohio Governor, Hal — cartoonist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Will — creator of the children's series "The Teenie Weenies", Mary — children's book author, and Gertrude — Ohio's first elected woman official.

Emma Gatewood: Are You Out Of Your Bloomin' Mind?! (An Appalachian Tale) (originially titled "Trail Magic") Meet Emma Gatewood who was the first woman to solo thu-hike the Appalachian Trail -- and she did it in 1955 when she was 67 years old and had already raised 11 children! This one-act play is written by Kelly Boyer Sagert. Companion book available. (Read an excerpt from our storytelling program about Emma.) This program is also available as a storytelling program called "Grandma Gatewood: Ohio's Legendary Hiker".

Letters In The Margins: Meet a young Jewish couple working for the resistance movement during World War II in this moving reader's theatre play by Shelley Pearsall. (Read about how this play came to be)

A Model For Disaster: One act play by Shelley Pearsall about the sinking of the two Edmund Fitzgeralds. (Companion book available: HOW THE FITZGERALD SANK TWICE)

An Old-Fashioned Holiday: Celebrate the Christmas Season as the Ohio Pioneers did in the early 1800’s. One-act play for presentation by theatre groups. One-act play for presentation by theatre groups.

Over The Falls (or “Yours ‘Til Niagara Falls”): This one-act play by Jonathan Wilhelm can best be described as a documentary with a sense of humor. Find out what Native American Indian tribe the first explorers found at the Falls in the 17th century; what famous bridge-builder built the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge and WHO Godfrey Frankenstein was in this wacky trip Over The Falls!

Murder Mysteries: “Suitcase In The Attic”, “You Should Never Go Home Again.” (Be a part of the fun -- Figure out who killed who during one of these fun-filled programs. Perfect for a dinner event!)

The Sense-Ational Circus: A program about the five senses set in a Circus run where Twenty-Twenty the Clown works with the Ringleader to discover the mysteries of sight, hearing, tasting, feeling and... MMM, what's the fifth one? Find out with this fun-filled program! One-act play for presentation by theatre groups.

Tin Can Tilly and Tony: Tilly and Tony LOVE garbage -- and they’ll be happy to tell you why in this program about recycling.

Whose Idea Was That?: Learn about Ohio inventors in this one act play by Bette Lou Higgins. (also available as a storytelling program.)

Rise At Sunrise, Rest By Midnight: A one-act play by Shelley Pearsall about the Underground Railroad through Ohio and across Lake Erie. Companion study guide available. One-act play for presentation by theatre groups.

All storytelling programs are researched, scripted Reader's Theatre presentations.