A Woman of Independent Means

Theatre Three’s Appetizer Attraction Series of the 2004 – 2005 season begins with the staged reading of A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, sponsored by East Wind. This tasty weekday series returns for the 2004-2005 season. Designed to give a taste and flavor of a full-scale production, the concerts and staged reading offer a unique view of theatre as well as complimentary appetizers before each show.

The letters of Bess Steed Garner reveal the life a privileged woman, making her life in Dallas during the early 1900’s. Inspired by the life of the author’s grandmother, Bess Walcott Kendall Jones, A Woman of Independent Means chronicles the life of a feisty young woman who inherits a legacy of wealth and an independent spirit. Her wealth allows her to live easily, but she is not immune to life’s greatest tragedies. Her mother dies when she is just a young bride, her daughter is hit by car and endures a long painful recovery, the house she and her husband carefully built burns to the ground, her husband dies during an influenza epidemic, and her eldest son dies shortly after her husband’s death. Her letters reflect her passion, confidence, and intelligence as she writes about all of life’s challenges and joys: love, marriage, motherhood, travel, death, business, and family.

All performances at 7:15 p.m. Appetizers served at 6:30 p.m.

Week One: Sunday, September 12; Monday, September 13; Tuesday, September 14; Wednesday, September 15

Week Two: Sunday, September 19; Monday, September 20; Tuesday, September 21