A charming and poignant tale from the letters of a wise and loving teacher. She will touch your soul in a way you will never forget.

Created and directed by Alan O'Hare
Starring: Barbara Bourgeois

"Teaching is the noblest, most unselfish, most honorable profession."
- Leonard Bernstein

From the play's introduction:
The magic of a visit with Mary V is that it re-awakens you to your all-time favorite teacher from school or a pivotal life experience. Someone who really saw you for who you were, and who you wanted to be.  At the same time, she opened a new door for you by simply sharing a learning experience from her own life.

Mary V could, at one moment, share a memory of her grandmother from the mid 1800s that was filled with quiet and tenderness, and how those events shaped her view of life. Later in that same conversation, she could speak of injustices past and present that could still stir up an outrage in her with a wish to be marching on line again.

Was it any wonder that she became a teacher, and a kindergarten teacher at that? She was the one embodied in Robert Fulghum's book, "Everything I Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten." She was the one who taught so many how to learn, how to wonder and how to take pleasure in discovering the newness of life. For over forty years she opened doors to undiscovered worlds and relationships. Even now her legacy invites people to, "Stop, look and listen."

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