From January 14 to February 4 of 2002, the Lobo Theatre Corporation presented the play "Orphans" written by Lyle Kessler at the Urban Stages in New York City, New York. It is a play whose central idea is compassion.

We strove to explore this idea and show what happens when human beings are deprived of compassion, when compassion is not given, what changes occur when compassion is given and then refused, and when compassion is given and then taken away. We believe that this theme is relevant today in a community in which we have traded compassion for comfort and trust for fear.

Lobo Theatre Corporation was involved in every stage of pre-production for its premier production. The designers and director collaborated on the physical production, while management staffed the production and secured the props and stage required. The director and actors were involved in exploratory rehearsals, set and dress rehearsals.

We believe that this first production is an example of our activity as a non-profit community theatre based on the collaboration of participants from all aspects within theatre, the vehicle we created to present an author’s views on compassion, and the various types of personal commitments that each participant made to bring this work to life for the community audience to experience.