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By Bette Mahoney
Special to the Rappahannock News
On Saturday, June 25 at 8 p.m., Ki Theatre will present its second annual “Stories Run Through Us” at its theatre on Gay Street in Washington, Virginia. Each year “Stories” features new plays adapted from short stories written by area writers. The stories were inspired by Life Stories Workshops, a series of seminars organized by Julie Portman that teach people of all backgrounds and ages to write and share their own stories.
This year’s plays, adapted by county residents Patty Hardee and Joyce Abell, are:
“The Medicine of Belier by Melanie Kopjanski of Boston, VA and a native of Rappahannock. The play explores a young boy’s quest for a spiritual identity in the guise of a Cherokee medicine man
“ShippingNSeamen” by Jane Coon of Woodville and Washington, DC.
A retired diplomat, Coon recounts how she overcame the doubts and restrictions of a male culture as a young woman in the Foreign Service in Bombay
“My Sister’s Hair” by Sharon L. Davie of Charlottesville, Director of the University of Virginia Women’s Center. The autobiographical play reveals Davie’s family dynamics through her mother’s and sister’s experiences with
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