“In the universe, there are things that are known,

and things that are unknown,
and in between them, there are doors.”

William Blake

patricia krahnke

Next Up: 7AM at The Confluence
Chicago Developmental Reading
Spring 2026

One crappy diner.
Three lovesick Civil War ghosts.
And one helluva fighter named Robbi.

The Deets

5 actors / 9 characters • 1 simple set • 75 minute run time

Are Antifa and the Proud Boys reincarnated Civil War spirits,
forever replaying the same war,
and trapping us in their timelines?

Set in a haunted diner in John Brown’s Harpers Ferry, split between 1864 and 2025,
the play follows Robbi, a 20-year-old cook and aspiring poet desperate to escape.

But three ghostly soldiers—Black, White, and four-spirit Cherokee, each in love with her—
won’t let her go. Reborn in her present life, they bind Robbi to the past she’s fighting to outrun.