A tangible result of that devotion is ”Leander Stillwell,” a narrative play with period songs that opens Tuesday at Stage Left Theatre. Inspired by the real Leander`s war memoirs, the play ...

I recently discovered a work titled "The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War 1861-1865" by Leander Stillwell. Born in 1843 “in a little old log house” on his family’s ...

A Chicago Heights hospital room becomes a large confessional in “Dapples and Grays,” an intriguing if underdeveloped Stage Left Theatre world premiere by Chicago playwright David Rush (author ...

Eighteen-year-old Leander Stillwell of the 61st Illinois recalled the "desperate haste" of troop formation, which gave way to nervous silence. There, Stillwell thought of his Jersey County home ...

David Rush has written 2 shows including Beethoven/ Karl (Playwright), Leander Stillwell (Playwright).

After all that, I was trapped by Frank A. Haskell and Leander Stillwell. They both fought in the war but in different theaters, Haskell in the east and Stillwell in the west. Both saw ...