Shot live at the Bryant Lake Bowl, 2002.

This play later became The World’s Most Frequently Bombed Hotel, and was filmed, live at The American School for Storytelling. 2024. This video is of the original 2002 version of this play. Stowell is a citizen of the world in the best sense. When he journeyed to Norther Ireland, he stayed in the heart of the action in one of Belfast’s most dangerous Catholic neighborhoods. That’s the way he operates wherever he goes: Live within the culture—get to know the characters who exists in the service of the plays ultimate, overwhelming question: Where does hope come from? People can and do create hope comes the answer, one child at a time.