In small-town America in the 1880s, Crane Wordsworth takes pictures for the studio owned by Reilly O’Rourke. Carrie helps Crane with the setups. Crane takes photographs of the recently dead; Carrie helps him capture the essence of the models. Reilly doesn’t understand the way it works; he just knows it does, to his financial advantage. Crane doesn’t quite understand it either, but at times he glimpses what may be the truth of his occupation. What makes us human? Is it the fate we all face or is it how we face our fate? Can that be captured on film? Can the photographer remain unaffected, or by the passing of those who previously were? Or does death take its toll on the living as well? The readings will feature the acting talents of Ebbe Roe Smith, Cassie Skauge, Adrienne Flagg, Ritah Parrish and Torrey Cornwell.