Steve Lively
Articles
Classic Wilde play comes to life at FPT
The 2019-20 season at First Presybyterian Theater season kicks off this month with Oscar Wilde’s timeless classic The Importance of Being Earnest. This amusing story features various perspectives on the […]
Ben Butler
The 2018-2019 season ends this month at First Presbyterian Theater with Ben Butler, a play that mixes historical figures from the dawn of The Civil War with vital contemporary social […]
Twelfth Night
There may not be a literal recipe for the perfect story, the perfect date, or the perfect performance, but there are instances when all three can mesh together on a […]
FPT play hopes to heal our divisions
A devastating trend over the past decade has pitted Americans against each other over the topics of faith and politics. Lucas Hnath’s play, The Christians, under the direction of First […]
Tom and Thom’s Christmas Songs and Stories
Thirty-seven years ago, First Presbyterian Theater Managing Artistic Director Thom Hofrichter met Tom Didier when they performed Of Mice and Men at the Fort Wayne Civic Theater. These two friends […]
Present Laughter
Above the fireplace within stage actor Gerry Essendine’s late 1930s flat in London is an image of the actor himself, holding a skull, which is no doubt one his own […]
My Dead Clown
Starting off the 2018-2019 season at First Presbyterian Theater in downtown Fort Wayne is My Dead Clown, an original play written by David Rousculp, a licensed funeral director from New […]