Anna Burwell and Elizabeth Keckly were real people -- and they certainly had "history." As the two women confront their troubled past, their younger selves also appear on the scene.
This ingenious play takes place in the antebellum Hillsborough house where Anna Burwell and her husband operated a girls' school and where Elizabeth Hobbs -- Lizzy -- was a young enslaved servant in their household for seven years. Later, having acquired her freedom and her married name of Keckly, she established a dressmaking business in Washington, DC and became the "modiste" and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln. These experiences are the basis for her own 1868 memoir, and the inspiration for this play by Maureen Quilligan and Michael Malone.
The play is directed by Francesca Talenti and features actors Jane Holding, Lilly Nelson, Brenda Stephens and Sara Stephens.
NOTE: Adult topics are addressed; this play is for mature audiences.
The audience will move about with the actors, both indoors and out. There may be brief periods when you will need to stand. The performances will take place rain or shine!
Friday Oct 5, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018 3pm |
Saturday, October 13, 2018 5pm |
Saturday, October 20, 2018 3pm |
Saturday, October 20, 2018 5pm |
Sunday, October 21, 2018 3pm |
Sunday, October 21, 2018 5pm |
The Burwell School Historic Site
319 N Churton St
Hillsborough, NC 27278
$20 plus eventbrite fees
Printed courtesy of www.hillsboroughchamber.com/ – Contact the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce for more information.
200 North Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 – (919) 732-8156 – membership@hillsboroughchamber.com