The Amish Project<br> Review by Helen Shaw
If Dickey's process makes me queasy, her craft made me weep.
If Dickey's process makes me queasy, her craft made me weep.
Jessica Dickey's one-woman show begins tonight in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents Jessica Dickey's poetic and touching play, The Amish Project, starring Rep Associate Artist Deborah Staples and directed by Milwaukee-based theater direc…
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