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Mary Swander's new play Coop is historic fiction, an enactment of true stories of Amish, Mennonite, and other conscientious objectors during WWI and WWII. The core story is taken from the oral history of a young Amish farmer draftee who boarded a train with other C.O.s during World War II. This group of C.O.s, told they were bound to fight forest fires in Colorado, were interned instead in a chicken coop. There, they remained under guard for the rest of the war.
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Sunday Feb 22, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
February 22nd
2pm
Doors open at 1:30pm
DeWitt Operahouse Theatre
716 6th Ave, DeWitt IA
Free admission at door
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