Theatre North of 60, a production of National Avenue Christian Church in Springfield, uses only actors older than 55, but all ages are involved in other aspects of its productions.
John Scroggins, NACC executive board member and “Annie” performer, said that one of the congregation’s main goals is justice work.
“And so we’ve realized that, as you hit a certain age, and we refer to it as the north of 60, you become somewhat invisible. You can become isolated because your peers are sometimes dying off,” he said. “And people tend to not give you the opportunities that maybe they would have when you were in your 40s. And so equality and equity based on age is one of the things that we work on as a church,” said Scroggins…