ITAC features work of local playwright

ITAC - The Iowa Theatre Artists Company in Amana will present two one act plays written by Thomas P. Johnson. The show opens October 22 and runs through November 15th. Blue Star Mother and Victory Garden are companion one-act plays that make up “From The Homefront.” Combined, they tell the story of two couples, living next door to each other in a small midwestern town, and the challenges they face on the home front during World War II. Blue Star Mother, the story of Maggie and Charlotte, reveals how a mother copes with not seeing or hearing from her sons, away at war, for nearly three years. Victory Garden is the story of their two husbands, Roy and Harv, and the dramatically different way in which they survive the same set of circumstances. This funny, poignant, and some times sad story shows the world of 1944 while saying a lot about America at war today.