Ballet Tackles a Classic
When planning for their current season, Fort Wayne Ballet wanted to present something very special to honor its 60-year history in our community. Each...
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The Children’s Hour
What happens when lies are embraced as truth? When “fake news” is believed? And when actual facts are buried by falsehoods and equivocation?...
Getting Sara Married
Sara Hastings is single and focused on her career as an attorney. Her crazy Aunt Martha (though she prefers the term “eccentric”) is concerned...
Arrivederci to Mamma!
When it first opened on Broadway in 2001, Mamma Mia! seemed an unlikely addition to the musical theater canon. A sweet story based around the songs...
Back to Her First Love
Theatre professionals and amateurs alike often find it hard to balance their lives and their passion. Kat Hickey has found a way to make it work.
Hickey...
Class Clown’s Bigger Stage
Prentis Moore went from “very, very shy kid” to class clown in just a few short years.
Born in Detroit, Moore’s family moved to Fort...
Kia Miller
Kia Miller was an imaginative child who honed her craft with the resources she had at her disposal: Disney movies and Barbie dolls.
“I always used...
Clare Ramel
Clare Ramel is living proof that persistence, hard work, and a belief in yourself pay off.
Born in Fort Wayne, Ramel grew up a shy child who kept...
Gavin Drew
From an early age, Gavin Drew was aware of the power of entertainment.
“I think that performing was just in my DNA. Whenever I found someone who was...
Jill Bixler
When it comes to musical theater families, Jillian Cook Bixler’s definitely qualifies. She has been performing since childhood, she married a fellow...