History buffs and theater lovers alike will be enthralled by a new original play staged at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester. Created and directed by St. Mike’s theater professor Peter Harrigan, Mill Girls looks at the lives of the 19th-century young women who worked in New England mills in towns such as Winooski and Lowell, Mass. Primary sources including news reports and personal letters offer insight into the emotional lives of the characters portrayed by a cast of 14 students. A score by local composer and arranger Tom Cleary features period folk, popular and sacred music, transporting audience members to the time and place of the action.
