"Disappearing into the majestic wild of an lakeside oasis to write these plays was the kind of thing that reveals the true beauty of art as a human need." It's a high standard, but it many ways it was the "perfect experience".

Some of us "hadn't even thought about writing a play in almost 10 years and hadn't done any kind of acting in almost as long". But we "surprised" ourselves, "not only because of what the groups collectively accomplished, but what we discovered about our own abilities".

"The premise of the Dining Philosophers brilliantly engaged us, but still left enough room for a thousand different approaches". "A diverse group of adult actors/writers" "created imaginative worlds" and didn't have to "talk business style, or food service style" for a couple days. Instead we "ate properly, socialized and slept" while "learning so much about playwrighting" as well as picking up some other tricks like "the process of improvisation".

"It renewed a love of working in an ensemble" and left us "feeling inspired and appreciated and reconnected".