From the Studio: "A Place to Call Home"

Spokane Public Radio | By Verne Windham

Published October 23, 2019 at 3:05 PM PDT

Spokane Civic Theatre's latest production taps local history to tell the story of the Hutton Settlement children's home in Spokane Valley. Writer/director Tim Rarick, actors Tom McArthur (Judge Leavy) and Michael Schmidt (Gus Paulson), and Hutton Settlement Director of Community Relations & Communications, Jessica Laughery, discuss the Settlement's history in the region and the inspiration and development of the play.

"A Place to Call Home" opens on the Civic's Main Stage Friday, October 25, at 7:30 PM, and continues through November 3rd. For tickets and more information, visit http://spokanecivictheatre.com/productions/a-place-to-call-home/. For more information on the Hutton Settlement, visit https://huttonsettlement.org/.

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Verne Windham got his start at Spokane Public Radio 20 years ago. “I came in to complain and they hired me.” He’s now the Program Director, as well as the host of Morning Classical and Concert of the Week. When choosing music for Morning Classical, Verne likes to keep the agenda as broadly defined as possible. For Concert of the Week, he focuses on the best of recent local performances, mostly classical in nature. For many years, Verne was also the conductor of the Spokane Youth Orchestra. He enjoys gardening, his vintage car and playing French horn.

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