Ms. Dickey has since gone on to write two more plays, which both have a world premiere coming up in 2013 Row After Row (a comedy about Civil War re-enactors) will premiere in Tuscon, Arizona in April 2013; and Charles Ives Take Me Home (a poignant play about a father and daughter) was nominated for the prestigious Susan Playing Anna has been an amazing first acting experience, and one I will treasure forever. Five years ago, a thirty-year old man walked into a one-room Amish schoolhouse and opened fire, killing 5 girls and himself. Thank you, Jessica Dickey. It's a good play and very interesting, but I disagree with her method of writing it. The play, a one-woman performance starring Abbi Hess, is presented by Outskirts Theatre Company at the Waukesha Civic Theatre. She manages to avoid many of the pitfalls that other writers who address similarly tragic and visceral events by acknowledging that she cannot capture who these people really are, and instead creates the characters completely out of her imagination. As I read the script for this heavy show I was able to see the heart wrenching effects of the event on each and every character. Carol's character is one of the main things that really drew me into the story. The Amish Project is a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in The Amish Project is a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake.The Amish Project made its original debut at the New York International Fringe Festival in the summer of 2008 and instantly generated buzz in the theatre community. In a world of division reinforced by media bias, "The Amish Project" is a necessary read. Account en lijsten Account Retourzendingen en bestellingen. The script tells the story of Eddie, a non-Amish man and the milkman for the Amish community nearby, who one day, for a cause not completely understood, shoots several young Amish schoolgirls and then commits suicide. Excellent short play based on true events. DramaCharacters: 1 female The Amish Project is a fictional exploration of the Nickel Mines schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and the path of forgiveness and compassion forged in its wake.The Amish Project made its original debut at the New York International Fringe Festival in the summer of 2008 and instantly generated buzz in the theatre community. Concord Theatricals Equity/professional customers should contact the Licensing department directly at [emailprotected] to inquire about a title's availability. The Amish Project won the CAPPIE Award for Best Play. But Jessica Dickey is able to handle this dismal event through her eloquent writing and her magnificent portrayal of the multiple characters involved. Wed love your help. Even before the lights dimmed in the Mondanaro Theatre Friday March 4, the The Amish Project promised its audience multiple moments of uneasiness with dramaturge Meagan Mulgrews detailed statement of purpose on the back of the show program. Share on Facebook. "The Amish Project," a 2009 play by Jessica Dickey, is a fictional retelling of that true story -- a single-actor show that reimagines the events surrounding the day. In the same sense, by recreating the characters of some of the victims and the shooter, it helps us to move beyond the moment of violence, and to explore who these people *could* have been, and, more importantly, how human both they, and those that survived, all are.