For over 20 years, Hank Fincken has toured the US performing his seven original one-man plays in schools, parks, libraries, festivals, and universities. Ten years ago, he modified some of his presentations to fit the Chautauqua format. His characters include Johnny Appleseed, Christopher Columbus, Henry Ford, an 1849 Argonaut named J.G. Bruff, Francisco Pizarro, Thomas Edison, and Richard Crowley. Because Hank includes the audience in his presentations, no two are the same. Each perfomance adapts to the unique interests of that particular audience. Humor abounds. Hank's plays prove that History can entertain as it enlightens.

   Hank finished college and began a life of adventure, first serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru and Costa Rica and then later doing original research in Europe, the Dominican Republic, and South America. Each script took over two years to write and has been critiqued by historians and theatre experts. If the research makes the history accurate, it is the crafted scripts, the precise language, and the insights into both the past and present that makes them art. Hank has published and/or produced some twenty short stories and plays, a dozen essays, and one book: THREE MIDWEST HISTORY PLAYS AND THEN SOME. The Indiana Arts Commission awarded him the title of "Master Artist," the Indiana Theatre Association gave him the "Achievement and Service Award," and he has endorsements from the Ohio and the Indiana Humanities Councils. Hank recently won national recognition for his outstanding video conferencing programs. If History were to repeat itself, it would be like this.