 This year marks the 85th anniversary of the famous Babyface Nelson Bank Robbery and Brainerd. To commemorate this historic event, the Stage North Theatre Company opened its stage tonight for its original play called Babyface. The show has been in the works for two years, but the cast has only been together for a couple of months. It's a cast of 24 local actors featuring 14 men and 10 women. Babyface Nelson was known for robbing banks across the country in the 1930s and in October of 1933, he paid First National Bank and Brainerd a visit stealing $30,000. The building no longer functions as a bank, but the history still exists. I think it's important for communities to realize the history that they do have and not to lose that. A lot can be learned from history and we go forward from there. Tonight's opening night performance was sold out, but the play runs at the Franklin Arts Theatre until Saturday June 16th with afternoon and evening performances. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.