Elmhurst Performer in Tellin' Tales Theatre's Hands Up! Faith

“Faith comes strongest in moments,” said Ro Postula, one of 10 storytellers in Tellin' Tales Theatre presents: Hands Up! Faith which runs Virtually on Vimeo March 18-27. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through the Tellin' Tales website www.tellintales.org.

Hands Up! Faith tackles the sometimes fiery disagreements around faith through personal stories a diverse group of performers of different ages, experiences and sexual orientation. Each explore their identity as it relates to religion, relationships, and faith in these individual narratives. The players come from the city of Chicago, the suburbs and from a small Illinois town on the Mississippi River.

Elmhurst resident Ro Postula has been with Tellin’ Tales Theatre for 20+ years. She has been a mentor for six productions of Six Stories Up. She has also written and performed in seven of the annual Adult Solo shows and in Hands Up! Police. Postula has co-written and directed 15 multi-generational Christian musicals and was in Mama Mac’s Cabaret ensemble for 5 years. She serves as an Ambassador for the pilot program for young writers at Tellin' Tales Theatre. She is excited to be a member of the Tellin’ Tales Ensemble and on the Program Committee

“Hands Up presentations were developed by Tellin’ Tales Theatre in the last few years to provide adults from a diversity of backgrounds, with and without disabilities, a forum to explore controversial issues through writing, development, and performance of their personal stories,” explained Tellin’ Tales program director Stephen Donart. “Our goal is to reverse the lens through which controversial issues are too often viewed. By highlighting our core, shared humanity, we are better able to understand the beliefs, positions, and circumstances of those with whom we may not agree, or whom we view as ‘other.’

This year, Tellin' Tales Theatre is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Elmhurst's Tekki Lomnicki was a co-founder of Tellin' Tales Theatre and is executive director. The mission of Tellin' Tales Theatre is to shatter barriers between the disabled and non-disabled worlds through the transformative power of sharing personal narratives. To see more information about Hands Up! Faith and to see the complete list of Tellin' Tales shows for 2022, visit www.tellintales.org.