If All the Sky Were Paper by Andrew Carroll

Performances:

May 14-16, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.

May 17, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.

The Story: After bestselling author Andrew Carroll found a riveting, heartfelt letter written by a distant cousin deployed as a pilot in World War II, he embarked on a trip to all fifty states and to more than thirty countries across the globe, including two active war zones, in search of more wartime correspondences. The letters and emails he found—by combat troops, medics, nurses, and chaplains, as well as family members on the home front and civilians caught in the crossfire of battle—came to represent to Carroll the “world’s great undiscovered literature.” They weren’t just about warfare, he realized, they were about the human condition itself—love and longing, courage and resilience, grief and hope, compassion and mercy, and, ultimately, reconciliation.

Directed by Dr. Elizabeth Peterson-Vita

If All the Sky Were Paper will be performed in Old Courthouse Theatre’s Black Box. *Please note that the Blackbox Theatre is only accessible by stairs.*

Black Box Theatre: 47 Spring Street NW, Concord, NC 28025

Tickets: $20.00. The price listed includes NC sales tax & order fees.

Seating is General Admission. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.