The original 10-week run of the Michigan premiere of Joan Ackermann's Off the Map was extended by two weeks due to popular demand.

Set in the foothills of New Mexico, Off the Map centers around the quiet and unique behavior of the Groden family. Charlie and Arlene Groden, along with their daughter Bo, live a simple yet quirky lifestyle outside the mainstream of society, surviving on recycled goods and less than $5,000 per year. During one enchanting summer, their lives are changed when an auditor from the Internal Revenue Service pays them a surprise visit and is unwittingly drawn into their lives.

Portraying the roles of the Groden family were John Lepard as Charlie Groden, Janet Maylie as his wife Arlene, Kate Peckham as the young character of their daughter Bo, and Sandra Birch as an adult character of daughter Bo. Jim Porterfield played the role of George, a family friend of the Grodens and John Hawkinson played the role of the Internal Revenue Service agent.

Off the Map was directed by Terry Heck, a PRTC Resident Artist who made her directing debut with the production.

Playwright Joan Ackermann is an accomplished national author who has had many plays produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays.

Photos by Danna Segrest