‘Grounded’ targets our assumptions about war, family and power of storytelling
Katie Pankow is set to star in Theatre Conspiracy’s production of George Brant’s Grounded, which comes the Foulds Theatre stage for a limited engagement March 22-25. This one-woman show targets our assumptions about war, family, and the power of storytelling.
Grounded is the story of an ace fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and gets reassigned to 
operating drones from a windowless trailer on an Air Force base in the desert outside Las Vegas. Hunting terrorists by day and coming home to her family by night, the boundaries between reality and the screen – between the desert where she lives and the desert where she fights – blur as the pilot struggles to navigate her dual identities.
Classically 
trained, Pankow has previously starred in Noises Off and Lend Me A Tenor for BIG ARTS Strauss Theatre, Swell Party for Theatre Conspiracy and The Odd Couple (Female Version) at the Off-Broadway Palm. A Renaissance woman, Katie is a published poet, an award-winning radio news journalist, and a decorated artist in addition to being a talented stage actor.
“This visceral production demands a strong female actor who can own the show and we’re thrilled to welcome Katie, one of the best in southwest Florida,” says Theatre Conspiracy’s Artistic Producing Director Bill Taylor, who directs the production. “Grounded is a riveting play filled with powerful storytelling about the dualities of war and family.”
The Foulds Theatre is located in the Alliance for the Arts, at 10091 McGregor Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33919.
March 9, 2018.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.