Most of my plays come out of life changing experiences, as an attempt to make sense of different ways of looking at situations. When I was on the verge of graduating college, I wrote a play about the end of the world. When I was unsure about my path in life, I wrote a play about somebody who finds lost things. Social Circles was written in response to a break-up and is, therefore, a meditation on love in its many forms. The staging was a dificult thing, what with 30+ characters. Assembling a cast for a production that big is nigh impossible. But using a minimalist format, with actors playing multiple characters and switching costume pieces hopefully did the trick. Just remember, any time a character leaves stage, they come on as a different character.

--Ben Aldred

Special thanks to: The Bloomington Area Arts Council, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts for their financial support of this series; to our venues, Max's Place and the Hilltop Restaurant, for giving these productions a home; to the tireless cast and crew; to Tina Liss for costume help; and finally, we'd like to send a special thanks to you, the theatre-going members of the community, for supporting local arts.

The Monroe County Civic Theater Dinner Theatre Series is provided with support from the Bloomington Area Arts Council; the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.