Daughters of the Appalachians is a play based on a set of six monologues written by Linda Goodman, who was born and raised in the mountains and hollers of West Virginia. The coffeehouse-style performances will be November 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm and November 10 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $18 at the Granby Pharmacy or online at www.goodcompanytheatre.org and $20 at the door. Refreshments are included in the ticket price. The hall is wheelchair accessible. The playwright, Linda Goodman, will be present to answer questions about the play in a talk-back immediately following the performances.
Providing a rare glimpse of the inner lives of the women for whom poverty and isolation were a fact of life, and whose men worked, and often died, in the coal mines, Linda Goodman’s “Daughters of the Appalachians” is a collection of stories like the ones her father told her in the evenings when she was a child. The stories in this particular play, however, are more appropriate for older teens and adults.
The Daughters of the Appalachians are wise and funny, sometimes foolish, or even crazy. Whether they are falling in love, running away from home, or plotting revenge, they are fiercely independent, loyal to a fault, and determined to survive against all odds.Farmington Valley residents
Jessica Manion, Resa Ferreira, Kimberly McCord, Tamara Torres McGovern, Peggy Shaw and Nannie Brown, play these six unique women with strength and conviction.
For the Granby production, traditional music from the mountains of Southern Appalachia will be interspersed with the storytelling and performed by Julie Senter on fiddle and Laura Mazza-Dixon on guitar.
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The show is co-directed by Nikki Currie-Huggard,
Resident Director for Good Company Theater, and Resa Ferreira, actor, director
and storyteller. The producer is Ruthie Babich and the music director is Laura
Mazza-Dixon.
