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| Elizabeth Keckley, played by Katherine Whitfield, left, relives the night President Lincoln was assassinated with Mary Todd Lincoln, played by Teresa Sumner. |
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Mary Todd Lincoln, played by Teresa Sumner, left, is comforted by her helper Elizabeth Keckley, played by Katherine Whitfield. |
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Mary Todd Lincoln, played by Teresa Sumner, left, tells her helper Elizabeth Keckley, played by Katherine Whitfield, about her letters she has written.
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Elizabeth Keckley, played by Katherine Whitfield, right, listens attentively to Mary Todd Lincoln, played by Teresa Sumner.
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Lenoir Community College and the LCC PlayMakers are presenting "Look Away," a two-person play based on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Administration Auditorium. The play is under the direction of Mitch Butts. Tickets are $6.
Teresa Sumner is playing the role of Mary Todd Lincoln and Katherine Whitfield is playing the role of Elizabeth Keckley.
Sumner is no stranger to the stage as she has appeared in such LCC productions as "The Queen of Bingo," "Nunsense," "Ebenezer" to name a few. A member of the LCC PlayMakers, she made her directing debut with LCC production of "A Couple of White Chicks." She has appeared in the Lenoir Memorial Hospital Follies.
Whitfield is a senior at Kinston High School and is making her theatrical debut at LCC as Elizabeth Keckley.
Based on Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters by Justin G. Turner and Linda Levitt Turner, "Look Away" is set in an insane asylum on Mrs. Lincoln's last night of residence. She dreams she is surrounded by crates of her effects and that her African-American seamstress in the White House, Elizabeth Keckley, is with her.
This is a sympathetic treatment of Mrs. Lincoln's sorrows and bitterness. Elizabeth Keckley, who wrote a book about her experiences, is the companion and a pillar of strength and wisdom to her irascible and often difficult friend who rants about the mistreatment accorded her by a penurious Senate, by her one remaining son who instituted the trial that led to her commitment, by the judge, the witnesses and other people as well all sentiments favoring Mrs. Lincoln.
For more information, call 527-6223, ext. 928. |
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