Politicized by her travels to Nicaragua during the Revolutionary regime, Westlake staged a tribute to the Nicaraguan people, "Mothers of Heroes", featuring Harrel as White Guilt, Allison Coe as the confused autobiographical character Sam, and Brenna Sage as Hannah, Sam's partner, and multiple other characters.. Burroughs recruited Dave Demke to direct "The Butcher Papers" by Dan Duling, the beginning of SRT's long relationship with Demke and Myra Donnelley. The season closed with Burroughs' staging of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck". This marked the first time that "The Oregonian" featured the theatre in a 'preview' article.