Bellingham Theatre Guild SATELLITES presents 5 Micro Plays Near the End and Building Self-Esteem: Two Plays by Sean Walbeck at the New Prospect Theatre on March 19 and 20 at 7:30 pm.  5 Micro Plays Near the End focuses on that funny little thing called death and what happens on either side of it, whether it’s retirement home proms, water park mischief, hospital game play, communicating a final memory, or learning how to eulogize. Local playwright Sean Walbeck plums the depths in tight little vignettes, from the ridiculous to the sublime. In Building Self-Esteem, a fraught librarian risks psychological help from a dodgy internet website with unexpected and challenging results. This play is a rollicking joyride of personal growth and torment that puts the epi-pen in epiphanies. Walbeck’s short plays are directed by award-winning director Shawn Fuller, performed by talented local actors, and contain adult language and situations. 

Perhaps you were clustered around your radio years ago listening to the programming that caused mass confusion and fears about a Martian invasion? Or perhaps you were not witness to this real-life event that had thousands of people fleeing their homes scared they would be killed by heat rays and aliens. Come and relive the iconic radio program The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells from 1938 in a live radio show complete with sound effects. You can be part of a live audience revisiting this harrowing event at the New Prospect Theatre March 21 and 22.