'Ghosts of Civil War: Shades of Blue and Gray' to be presented by Largely Literary Theater

Largely Literary Theater Company will present "Ghosts of the Civil War: Shades of Blue and Gray" for The Wayne County Civil War Round Table program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. The event is free and open to the public and will be held the Wayne County Historical Society Schoolhouse in Wooster.

There is parking on site (enter from the Spink Street entrance) and along the fence in the Drug Mart parking lot. For more information visit waynehistoricalohio.org .

Featuring Largely Literary Theater Company co-founders Sara Showman (from the South) and Mark Dawidziak (from the North), the program examines the War Between the States with a mixture of haunting tales, literary selections, song and history.

The ghostly tour begins in Ohio, with stories drawn from Marietta, a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the still-standing Hope iron furnace, as well as the two Confederate cemeteries that were part of prisoner of war camps in Columbus and on Johnson's Island.

The journey continues with stories from South Carolina and Virginia, with a special section about Abraham Lincoln and the White House hauntings. Literary selections include poems by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Selections from Civil War-era songs are heard throughout the one-act performance.

Dawidziak and Showman founded the touring theater company in 2002 to promote literacy, literature and live theater. They have presented shows in more than 70 Ohio communities, and their travels have taken them to such states as New York, Connecticut, Virginia and Michigan.

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