Voices of the Harbors gallery

Project created by Lyndall Hare and Steve Umberger with the group
Project January - November 2024 / Production November 2024
~ Event film 2025 ~


A group born in the last decade of The Silent Generation, now ages 80-90, revisit the turning points of their lives and trace how they were involved in the cultural changes in a defining era of innovation in America and abroad. Voices of The Harbors is the latest in the seven year series with two formats, stage events and documentary films, that tell our history through the stories of people who helped it happen.


Sponsored by Plymouth Harbor
Jeff Weatherhead, CEO
Produced by The Playworks Group
Steve Umberger, Director


TRAILERS
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GALLERY
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Comments from audience members
"It was a great, seamless weaving together of many stories that they all shared as part of their generation. My reaction at the end of the performance was WOW."  Susan Lowy

"I enjoyed it immensely. Such amazing, beautiful, heartwarming stories. The editing was perfect, the delivery divine. We all have stories, some more exciting than others. But the diversity of the group is what made this special. Can you tell I loved it all?"  Meredith Shay


Comments from members of the group
"Thank you for the extraordinary experience of Acting Our Age. It has been one of the most memorable events of my life." Lynne Woodman

"This gave us the spaces to open up to our own challenges and the truthful celebrations of accomplishments." Winnie Downes and Carl Denney

"Thank you for a most wonderful year of self-discovery." Bob Lifeso


From Jeff Weatherhead, Plymouth Harbor CEO
"It's been a joy to see the connections being made among the participants, and to see how the collective story has shaped all our lives."



Acting Our Age Series 2018-2025
One Century Seven Voices (2018-2019)
Voices of the Pandemic (2021 / Film)
Using Our Voices (2022-2023)
Voices of the Harbors (2024-2025)




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