Month: January 2026

BEST Scene Script Reading: MRS. O’LEARY, by Melissa Birks

Inspired by the Great Fire of Chicago 1871 following the investigation of Mrs O’Leary, a woman the newspapers blamed for starting the fire that spread all the way to Lincoln Park. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Patrick O’Leary: Shawn Devlin Mrs. O’Leary: Val Cole