{"id":72263,"date":"2026-05-26T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/72263\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:07:24","slug":"tickets-available-for-playhouse-38s-we-hold-these-truths-in-geneva-shaw-local-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/72263\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickets available for Playhouse 38\u2019s \u2018We Hold These Truths\u2019 in Geneva \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/geneva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/geneva\">Geneva<\/a> Park District\u2019s Playhouse 38 has tickets available for its production of \u201cWe Hold These Truths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The director and playwright is Therese Harrold, and the political drama runs May 29 to 31 and June 5 to 7 at the park district\u2019s community theater at 321 Stevens St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Coming to the stage between Memorial Day and the country\u2019s 250th anniversary, the play \u201cdramatizes and celebrates freedom of speech, differences of opinion, community building with all the challenges therein,\u201d Harrold said in a news release. \u201cThe tension and flux between patriotism and self-interests, ageism and new wave, exclusivity vs. inclusion is the impetus for this two-act play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The cast includes Larry Boller, Elizabeth DiGiacomo, John Frankenthal, Gretchen Gehrhardt, Therese Harrold, Toria Hollyn, Jami Johnson, Luke Knol and Siobhan Maguire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The Sunday matinees will include a \u201cHappy Birthday USA cake and an opportunity to \u201d\u2018talk back\u2019 about the play,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Performances are 7 p.m. May 29, May 30, June 5 and June 6, and at 3 p.m. May 31 and June 7. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Concessions will be available to buy, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, popcorn and candy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">People are encouraged to buy tickets in advance at <a href=\"https:\/\/GenevaParks.org\/Tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/GenevaParks.org\/Tickets\">GenevaParks.org\/Tickets<\/a> or in person at Sunset Community Center or Stephen Persinger Recreation Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Information about group sales discounts is available by calling the park district at 630-232-4542.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Geneva Park District\u2019s Playhouse 38 has tickets available for its production of \u201cWe Hold These Truths.\u201d The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,898,1980,21886,3255],"class_list":["post-72263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-geneva","tag-kane-county","tag-kane-county-front-headlines","tag-the-scene-front-headlines","tag-the-scene-kane-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116641742728822831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}