Former Coast resident Martha Furey will be performing her newest one-woman play, "Three Feathers and a Butterfly" on Dec. 13 and 14th @ 8:00 pm at the Helen Shoeni Theatre on the grounds of the Mendocino Art Center.
Three Feathers and a Butterfly is a play based on her own family story going back to her great, great, grandmother, Sarah Foster who was a Civil War widow. Furey plays Sarah, who leads us through an intriguing story about a woman who is left alone with two sons on a farm in Kansas.
Having lost her husband, John Foster to Malaria and starvation in the dreadful Confederate Prison Camp in Andersonville, Georgia, she describes the difficulties of rebuilding a life for herself and her children after the war ends. Not only does Sarah have her sons, she now has an illegitimate half Cherokee child to explain to friends and family. It is a fascinating story that is filled with real family history, American Civil War history, and poetic license, which are all woven together into a fascinating one-woman play. The play is set in 1895 as Sarah struggles against a well meaning son and his attempts to move his 65-year-old mother off the farm and into a nearby town. This strong willed Kansas woman does not make her son's task an easy one. Humor, tragedy, hope and even a bit of romance make this a very compelling play.
Sounds wonderful!
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