
Shimmer
"Stories of a Detention Farm, From One Who Lived There."
Synopsis
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.
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