Done in the style of the radio plays from the early 20th Century, A Candle Against the Dark tells the story of one family’s experience with polio in 1942. In addition, the stories of others who were affected by the disease — patients and doctors, parents and nurses — recall a time in our history when we were helpless against a seemingly invincible foe. We hope it becomes a memorial to all those who have worked so hard to achieve near-total elimination of polio from the world... Summit Theatre Group is a community theater company in Lee's Summit, Mo — a suburb of Kansas City.