WW2: The View from Home
Feb 7 - Feb 21, 2026
Gallery Open and Free to view
1 hour before Curtain during performances
or by special appointment
The setting for our main stage production of “Into the Breeches!” is 1942. It is a time of turmoil in the United States. The public sentiment flipped overnight from an isolationist desire to stay out of the war in Europe to full on engagement with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Women’s roles also transitioned rapidly during this period. From traditional “house wife” roles to active, factory-working participants, women were expected to do their part to support the war efforts both at home and overseas. But, not without some push back from society.
Our exhibit in the Joy Cochran Gallery attempts to contextualize that time period and help us to better understand the decisions and turmoil that the characters in “Into the Breeches!” are going through.
Join us in the gallery before the performances for informative exhibits about The Footlight Club’s efforts during the war, a timeline of events, samples of propaganda posters that our heroes would have encountered during their day to day life and to center yourself in their experiences before the show begins.
The exhibit also features three uniforms on loan from local families and examples of the letters that were sent back and forth during the war.
The gallery is open 1 hour before curtain on performance days.
For more information about The Joy Cochran Gallery, the art event and artist submissions, please contact curator@footlight.org