by R. T. Robinson
by Special Arrangements with Samuel French, Inc.
Performed October 11-14, 2002
Tood, Weetsie and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face to face with her own powerlessness in a man's world.
Cast: (standing from Left to Right)
Erin Binkley as Weetsie Cliffert
Corrie Billingsley as Kate Miller
Matthew Stewart as Tommy Cliffert
Amber Hoffelder as Sybil Cliffert
Michelle Chaffee as Tood Cliffert
Melissa Jones as Addie Mae McGough
Katherine Foerster as Aunt Ola
Directors: Josh Morgan and Amanda Whorley
Stage Manager: Andy Higy
Advisor: Katherine Foerster