The Circle in Life
Moments from our gatherings, salons, rehearsals, and performances. This is what ritual theater looks like when it is being made.
Where the Work Begins
The Hineni Circle Project began with a group of ten seniors in Green Valley, Arizona, gathering around a table to read plays aloud — and discovering that something extraordinary happened when they did.
Now we are growing. High school students are joining the circle. New voices, new generations, new questions — and the same essential practice: showing up, saying the words, listening to what they do in the room.
The Circle Gathers
Every week, the Hineni Circle meets to read, respond, and refine. These are the sessions where plays are born — where a line is tested aloud for the first time, where someone's voice cracks open a scene.
Summer Salons
Our summer salons bring the circle outdoors — readings in gardens, under the desert sky, with food and laughter and the kind of conversation that only happens when theater and ritual meet.
Rehearsals & Readings
From first table reads to final dress rehearsals, these are the moments when a play becomes a living thing. Two casts, shared work, and the particular electricity of a story finding its voice.
Performances
Three to four performances per production. A matinee with a talk-back. Audiences who come expecting theater and find something more.
The women in Dr. Sherman's plays span four thousand years. These hand-drawn portraits appear throughout her monologue and play collections — from biblical heroines to twentieth-century scientists and activists.
