'The Amish Project' Takes the Stage at Oakton Community College

Examine the nature of forgiveness, faith, and compassion in Oakton’s staged reading of Jessica Dickey’s powerful work, The Amish Project.

Taking as its subject the 2006 killing of five girls at an Amish school in Pennsylvania, the piece explores the shooting through the eyes of seven community members – some fictional, some drawn from life, but all touched by the events of the day and its aftermath.

Presented by the Performing Arts at Oakton, The Amish Project will be performed at the College’s Studio One, 1600 East Golf Road, Des Plaines on Saturday, September 29, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, September 30, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general admission. Call (847) 635-1900.