Margi Preus and Jean Sramek wrote the play, so you KNOW it's going to be great. I'm going to try to make it Tim, with family in tow.

Well, I'm pretty disappointed. This is part warning, part complaint. We got to the theatre at HCS at 7:02 pm -- literally two minutes after the stated starting time, as we had problems finding parking on Michigan St. There were four young women already there, standing outside the door. They told us the door was locked. I pushed against it. My husband pushed against it. The two of us then pushed as hard as we could against it. The door opened a crack and a woman inside hissed at us that the play was beginning, and we couldn't come in. We asked if we couldn't even stand at the back. Nope. So we left, with our very disappointed daughter, who has friends who were performing. I know we were late by 2 minutes, but, still: it would have been nice to have someone at the door telling people what was going on, instead of some jerks standing against the door, holding it shut, ignoring people making repeated attempts to get in. If we'd been told when there'd be a break in the action (there are 3 stories after all), and that we could have come in during one of the breaks in the action, we would have done that. Instead, we went and saw "The Proposal." Hope no one this evening has the same disappointing experience that we did. But "The Proposal" was hilarious, so the evening ended well after all.

Tim -- I'm just saying, if there'd been a sign on the door, or someone at the door who could re-direct people, it would have made the 7 of us in total who were there within *two* minutes of the starting time wondering what in the hell was going on less frustrated by people who blocked the door, even though they could feel repeated attempts by others to enter. I've been late to live performances before, and in my experience, there's always been someone there to let us know when there's a break in the action, so we can go in without disrupting the performance. I'm not saying make an exception just for me because I was late, but make it so people are not refused entrance completely because those in charge don't give a shit whether they stay or go.

Tim -- Don't worry, I still support children's theatre and always will. I am actually going to be constructive rather than destructive and offer to help out next year, because I feel so strongly about supporting children's theatre. And although I am not an actor, I have been to enough professional productions all over the USA, I know how things are done. 
Peace.