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Melissa Shaw
Melissa Junkin Shaw was a child of many contradictions. She loved to read and made good grades in school but was a “frequent flyer in detention” due to her talkative […]
Home, Home on the Stage
As a child, Brock Graham had already decided on his career: he was going to be a writer. Spurred by an elementary school Young Authors victory, he spent a good […]
‘Dark’ Produces Genuine Chills
It’s not often that a community theater production can produce actual chills in audience members. But opening night of Wait Until Dark at Arena Dinner Theatre did just that. The […]
Making the 60s Come Alive Again
When Andy Planck was choosing the first season for Three Rivers Music Theatre, the one thing he knew was that the summer musical would be Hair. It had been his […]
Arena Wraps Season With a Bang
A community theater can’t go wrong with a season-closing show like South Pacific, as Arena Dinner Theatre has proven. Already sold out before opening night, the production lives up to […]
Always working Both Onstage & Back
Fort Wayne’s current crop of ultra-prolific actors who perform in back-to-back shows includes Fort Wayne native and professional actor Aaron Mann. He’s a self-described perfectionist who is just as happy […]
Plan B Is Working Out Fine
Aimee Richards Lackey learned at an early age that life sometimes gets in the way of your goals and you have to roll with the punches. Born in Fort Wayne […]
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 grew up in […]
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 Wayne when he was two […]