Shadows and Light. It's more than the theme of Season 12 at 16th Street Theater. It represents the company itself, founded by Ann Filmer, whose vision shines through today.

What if what is happening in a story actually happened to its creator? This idea sprang forth from the creative mind of Oak Parker Ned Crowley, first as a possible It's a Wonderful Life spinoff, where director Frank Capra is going through his own depressive episode ala George Bailey as he makes the beloved 1946 holiday film.

With a record number of women elected to Congress in November and increasing numbers of women speaking out across the globe, females are fighting to be heard.

Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see. 

Bob Cratchit 

"A Christmas Carol"