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The Story
The Beams Are Creaking by Douglas Anderson is presented in agreement with Concord Theatricals. It is the inspiring, powerful, true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who ultimately decided to take part in a failed assassination attempt against Hitler. This compelling drama captures the Bonhoeffer legend on a rich theatrical canvas without ever sacrificing the very human story at the base of it. Part political thriller, part love story, leavened with moments of humor, and filled with a compassion that reaffirms one's faith in man.
Are heroes and villains a social construct? How do you know in crisis who are the heroes and who are the villains? Who gets to decide? Can a moral person commit an immoral act for good? Is courage only a virtue of heroes?
The Beams Are Creaking will be presented as a dramatic staged reading followed by a facilitated discussion at LabO Theatre on June 11th, 2026.
Special Guest
DR. RICHARD FEIST
Dr. Feist is a tenured associate professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches, researches and supervises graduate students. He is also the former Dean of Philosophy and the former Director of the Master’s in Public Ethics program, which is housed in the Faculty of Philosophy. Dr. Feist has published in a variety of areas, such as metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of literature; he recently edited and published a collection of essays from scholars around the world, titled Jesuits in Science Fiction: Reason and Revelation on Other Worlds. He currently works mostly in ethical theory, the history of ethics as well as military ethics. He is currently teaching a course at Saint Paul on propaganda—and is currently working on a couple of books, one dealing with metaphysics and the other is a study of war, ethics and propaganda. He has also taught a course on ethics and The Lord of the Rings.
The Artists
The Artists
ADAM BARROWS
Adam performed in 9th Hour's 2025 production of Babette's Feast (2025) primarily featured as General Lorens Löwenhielm. He could also be seen on the Gladstone stage previously in August: Osage County, as well as Michael Shaun-Hastings in Late Company (Elevator Theatre Company) and as Richard in The Lion in Winter (Phoenix Players). He also played Zach in Lost Baggage Musical Theatre's production of A Chorus Line. Adam regularly engages with ideas and issues relating to arts and culture, and has been a professor of English Literature at Carleton University since 2009.
JAQUI CADIEUX
Jaqui is currently a principal soloist at Blessed Sacrament Church. She was featured in The Amazing Race Canada as well as several cabaret shows. Her 9th Hour credits include the development of an original work Frankenstein Ai in 2025, playing "The Mother" in the company's original musical audio drama Beauty Will Save the World released in 2024, as well as being on stage in the ensemble cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2024) as the old innkeeper Yvonne and in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2023) as a reindeer and one of the Aslan puppeteers.
BEN DION WEISS
Ben was featured in The God Committee (2025) in the last season of Gleanings. Sharpened by a decade-long professional odyssey, Ben returns to the craft that forged him. Engaging, intelligent, and highly inventive, he is an eye-opening delight in all aspects of the creative process. Dion Weiss is no debutant; a double-veteran of the Ottawa Fringe festival, he brings to 9th Hour a wonderful sense of play and a vast understanding of all things theatrical. His hobbies include martyring himself to his cats as a human scratch-post, boxing (poorly, and against an inanimate object) and playing violent video games (masterfully).
BREANNA DOYLE
Breanna is an actor, director, and writer. While also having studied history, anthropology, art, English, and cinema, she is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Department of Theatre's acting conservatory. You may have seen her in 9th Hour's production of Babette's Feast (2025), in various roles such as Lady of the Swedish Court or Dagfinn the Fishmonger. Previous credits include Queenie in "Small Talk", First Mina in "The Child", Genevieve in "Debate Debacle", and her directorial debut, "Drink the Kool-Aid". Besides acting Breanna enjoys book stores, making soup, and painting.
DARREN EMERY
Darren is a 2015 graduate of Canterbury High School's Dramatic Arts program and has been involved with 9th Hour on and off since 2011. He was first featured in the off-Broadway musical Children's Letters to God (2011) and went on to play Colin in The Secret Garden (2012) and Digory in The Magician's Nephew (2014). In his spare time from working as a federal public servant, Darren enjoys going to the gym, tinkering with electronics, and fantasizing about his next trip across the world. He is looking forward to continuing to play, collaborating and always learning new things when it comes to the craft of acting.
LOGAN INDEWEY
Logan is an Ottawa-based performing artist who is a two-time alumni of Algonquin College, graduating with honours from both the performing arts and scriptwriting programs. He has previously played the role of "The Officer" in 9th Hour's 2024 musical audio drama Beauty Will Save The World, and was part of the company's development of the original work Frankenstein Ai in 2025. Other recent credits include playing Captain Phœbus de Châteaupers in 9th Hour's 2024 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Deric in Sell The Children, and the Right Honourable Joe Clark in 1979.
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