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Because the show is performed in the style of “story theatre,” which involves a strong ensemble cast who rely heavily on their own imaginations and the imagination of the audience, director Kari Hatfield had to figure out different ways to create magical scenes.
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“Although I know it was not the original intent of the authors or the playwright to make this a show about the Christian faith in particular, there are very strong themes running through it,” Hatfield said. “The idea of someone lost and alone in the dark who meets a ‘bringer of light,’ learns to live for something bigger than himself, and finds his name and his home in the light is overtly Christian.”