I first encountered Insurrection: Holding History in the early 2000s as a first-year acting student in college. I was totally wrapped in the fantastic voyage that playwright Robert O’Hara had created. The play seemed to have a spirit, an energy, a vitality, and a breaking of theatrical convention I had never experienced. I found myself showing up daily to rehearsals, even when I wasn’t called, to soak up the words and the work of the artists working on the piece. I had the pl