Surveying the stands at a high school football game, it might be hard to differentiate one face from another. But beneath the green and silver, or purple and gold, or blue, white, and green is a diverse mix of students, some not even American.

If you’ve never visited the Village Theatre, or if you’re not much of a follower of theater in general, you may not know what a cultural gem Issaquah has right on quaint, historic Front Street. But with a serious impact on the local theater scene, and increasingly on that of the nation as well, the Village Theatre certainly merits checking out.

When Liz and Ken Moscaret introduced their youngest son to Simi Reynolds, something special was put in motion. Simi was a star athlete of the senior class at Skyline High School in 2001, and the Moscarets’ son was suffering from a sudden onset of Tourette’s syndrome.