One-woman play coming to White Stone

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Rema Keen, who now lives in Lively, brings to life her grandmother’s story in “Teddy’s Piece.” Her story is poetry. It is perseverance. It is love and loss and the beauty of a life fully lived. (Contributed)

In a departure from their usual offerings of plays and musicals, Lancaster Players President Luke Rawls has announced that an original, one-woman show, “Teddy’s Piece,” will open for one weekend of performances, April 17-19. Tickets are $30 and are available at lancasterplayers.org.  Weekend performances include two 8 p.m. shows on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, and a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 19.  The playhouse is located at 631 Chesapeake Drive in White Stone.

While working in schools and communities all over the country, author and actor Rema Keen began to realize that storytelling and the oral traditions that once connected families were fast becoming a lost art.

Many people no longer knew the stories of their own lineage. Determined to preserve her own family’s history, Keen turned to the person who had shaped so much of it — her grandmother, Teddy.

The play celebrates far more than one woman’s life. It honors the strength, resilience, and quiet heroism…

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