WINNER: BEST PRODUCTION in the North Island Drama Festival May 2026

Other awards:

Best Director..............................................Sheila Fremont-Male

Best Female Actor....................................Sohie Maher

Best Male Supporting Actor.....................Jim Maher

Best Lighting Design................................Anthony Neary and Sheila Fremont-Male

Honorable Mention, Best costumes........Lorna McLellan

Certificate of Merit for Makeup Design..Teresa Drew

Provocative and compelling, this arresting work deals with a subject much in the minds of contemporary society—the taking of innocent hostages by political terrorists. The play illuminates both the numbing agony of the one detained and also the helpless fury of those who are left behind—loved ones impatient for something to be done, and officials who feel they must be guided by logic rather than emotion.