Theatre is full of journeys. A playwright sits down at a computer, enters her title, and sets out to discover the path that will lead her to a truth about the business of being alive. An artistic director pores through stacks of submissions, selects the script she believes will take her audience to a place they will remember forever, then gathers companions skilled in the arts of dramaturgy, direction, stagecraft, and costume design to create that shimmering yet elusive world. An actor learns his lines, knowing that, to move these lines from the page to the heart, he must journey to the deepest part of himself. Many paths but only one destination: opening night, when play, actors, and audience meet for the first time and other journeys begin. This edition of Dancing in Poppies has been created by theatre people for people who love theatre. It has been created for you. Welcome to the adventure.