Thank you so much, bill. I would also like to single out alley for making this a night in the face of the pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program is different in the best of circumstances, and the challenges that bring us together is presenting new complications. Thank you for everything youve done to make this happen. I am here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous. It marked a radical transformation when it occurred, it was contrary to what had gone on before when america prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of a law is a fair economy. In those days, poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. The suffering was believed to be an immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic, human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Prosperity and unavoidable economic downturn. Some prosper, but many were lost under the waves. Then starting in 1933, alon
In keeping with its newfound mission, Alchemy Theatre is presenting a new, more story-focused production of the little seen musical 'The Baker's Wife.'