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Sisters Sissy and Yewina have been on their own for who knows how long exactly. It’s just them (and their hens) in a weathered farmhouse miles from town. Their rural, woodsy East Coast community has been losing residents for years, but the almost-forgotten stories have lived on for the sisters in different ways. While Yewina is more guarded and level-headed, dreamer Sissy has a flair for twisting fact with fantasy. When Scott, a folklorist from Scottsdale, Arizona, shows up at their door in hopes of chronicling whispers, he’s in for much more of a story than he expected. This unique and quirky ode to folklore storytelling illuminates how we can enjoy living with our own truths in order to leave a memorable legacy behind.
“Mary-Colin Chisholm’s loving and honest script is sure to delight rural Nova Scotians and city slickers alike.” —The Coast
“Magical, laugh-out-loud . . . a marvel of storytelling.” —NS Reviews
Mary-Colin Chisholm has written a dozen plays and more sketches than she can shake a schtick at. Her plays have had multiple productions across the country. Recent work includes Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sissy Mary, A Belly Full (with Marcia Kash), By the Dark of the Moon, To Capture Light, and—based on her hit CBC Radio series—He’d Be Your Father’s Mother’s Cousin. Whenever she can she lives in a shack by the sea in Jimtown, Nova Scotia, where there's nothing to do and she's more than happy to do it.