Quilters, a musical with book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek and lyrics and music by Barbara Damashek, depicts the lives of American pioneer women through a series of short tales and tableaux. Divided loosely into 16 sections, each represented by a quilt block, these vignettes dramatize the challenges and realities of a woman’s life on the American frontier: school days, courtship, weddings, childbirth, country roads, religion, raising children, aging and even log cabins. Quilting was a means to an end – a way to craft something useful and practical while passing lonely evenings on the isolated prairie or getting together with neighbors. A quilt could be a shroud as easily as a blanket, tell a story in fabric when it couldn’t be shared in words, and provide a reason to seek the companionship of other women. The threads that tied women together in the raw frontier communities, in shared experiences, and across generations are literally and figuratively the threads that transformed pieces of scrap into works of art, heirlooms that transcend their practical utility to become the repository of story, survival and triumph.
Christ Congregational Church UCC is proud to present Quilters by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Produced by Terry Strand and directed by Janet V.A. Replogle, the cast features Barbara Callander, Meghan Elkins, Anne Morris, Katie Mays Reedy, Anne Rolls, Erin Stansfield, Terry Strand and Leslie Weyn. Music is directed by Mickey Daniel DaGuiso.
Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 21 & 22 and 28 & 29. Sunday matinees on October 23 and 30 are at 2 p.m.Quilters has mature themes and is not suitable for children under 11.
A suggested donation of $20* per person will be collected at the box office when patrons pick up their tickets in the church lobby on the night or afternoon of the performance. Any tickets not collected 20 minutes prior to curtain will be released for distribution. Cash or check (payable to “Christ Congregational Church” with “Quilters” on the memo line) only.
All seating is General Admission. Christ Congregational Church is handicapped accessible. Patrons with special needs are encouraged to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to curtain.
*Donations are collected to cover the costs of the production. Any monies remaining will be donated to Christ Congregational Church’s music program.
Parking on church property is limited. Patrons should allow plenty of time to park and collect their tickets before the performance. Planning to arrive 30 minutes prior to curtain is recommended.
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