Bringing Trustus Theatre to your home with a live stream of THE RESTORATION’S CONSTANCE. Originally performed in 2014.

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First produced in 2014 as part of Premieres, a new works festival, to sold-out houses in Columbia, The Restoration’s “Constance” is a multi-generational cautionary tale, told through historical fiction. Set between the late 1800s and 1930s in Lexington, South Carolina, “Constance” focuses on the fictional Constance Owen, an unrealized musical prodigy born to poor cotton farmers several years after the American Civil War. Her eventual union with Aaron Vale, a carpenter and musician of mixed race from Chicago, and the birth of their son, Thomas, plants a seed of discriminative hate in the surrounding community, bringing about the bankrupting of her family by the affluent Palmers, the related death of her husband, and the burying of her creative aspirations. Years later, Thomas’ nihilistic vengeance against the Palmers sets off a cataclysmic series of violent events, as the South and the rest of the world plunge into the Great Depression.

Music and Story by The Restoration
Lyrics by Daniel Machado and Adam Corbett
Book by Chad Henderson
Directed by Chad Henderson
Music Direction by Daniel Machado