I Saw the Lights was inspired by the mass UFO sightings over Lubbock in 1951.

Credit: Courtesy Image / 100A Productions The mainstage season for the Tobin Center's in-house theater company, 100A Productions, opens Wednesday, Sept. 16, with I Saw the Lights, written by and starring Jaston Williams and directed by Chris McGarry (The Sopranos).

Inspired by the infamous mass UFO sightings over Lubbock in 1951, this re-envisioned multi-character play explores how different people interpret singular events according to their individual beliefs, predispositions and deeply personal recollections.