In 1914, at the Western Front, out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, and peace.

We are pleased and proud to present our upcoming holiday show, All is Calm: The Christmas Eve Truce of 1914. This acapella musical highlights the beauty and power of the human spirit during our darkest days. It does so through the songs and sounds of the era along with the written words of the men that survived the horror.

On stage and in the portraits, the cast members do not strive to represent any particular soldier or nationality. Instead, in keeping with the theme of a shared humanity, the actors switch from representing a British soldier, and in the next scene may read the poetry of a Welshman and then recount the words of a German soldier in the next.

The portraits were designed to be dark and foreboding yet can’t possibly capture the intensity of life in the trenches. Our aim was to have the actors attempt to tell a soldier’s story simply through their gaze.

The cast includes:

Eric Buchaus, Kevin Collins, Lee Cusenbary, Aaron Ely, David Fenrich, Kyle Krambeck, David Nanny, Robert Nauman, Nicholas Ponting, Travis Trevino, John Towry, Robby Vance, and Grantham Woods

Co-Directed by George Green and Bill Gundry with Music Direction by Nicholas Ponting, All is Calm: The Christmas Eve Truce of 1914 runs Dec 2-18 in the Russell Hill Rogers Theater at The Playhouse San Antonio.