The Lydie Breeze Trilogy begins in 1864 on the raging battlefields of Cold Harbor, the bloodiest of the Civil War. Lydie nurses thousands of dying men, safeguarding their valuables to deliver back home to their loved ones. There, she meets Amos, Dan, and Joshua, and together they try to circumvent the madness of General Grant to find a truce. Their adventures uncover whaling ships and mutinies, talking pigs and buzzard gods, the Underground Railroad, and long buried family secrets. In the chaos of war, they forge a vision of a new life and a new America.
With a cast of 20 actor-musicians, live music composed by Cynthia Hopkins and Jay Ansill, and a watery landscape by set designer Marketa Fantova, Guare’s trilogy begins with this explosively dynamic adventure play. Jump aboard, the journey begins…