There, among his fellow campers, each begins to tell a story around the campfire from a personal journey. The story becomes a dance that is shared with the group. Their pieces are wild and varied – an eclectic mix of choreographic styles ranging from jazz to modern to tap. The dancers suggest explorations of love, sex, travel, despair, and desperations, bringing up characters as diverse as John Wayne Casey Junior, Ronald Reagan, and even Superman.  As the last storyteller, Henry reads from his journal telling a story about a friend, Carl, a childhood friend, and an apparent unrequited love whom he recently lost.

The music is new, fresh, electric and alive.  The energy of the dancers fill every crevice of the theatre.  You celebrate the power of story to heal and conjure up the best that we can be.  Illinoise makes you want to look at your own life and ask the question of, “What story would want to share at the campfire?” and “What would it look like given into the hands of these magical musicians and dancers.”   “What would your story look like on the stage of the St. James Theatre?”