Mine Eyes Hath Seen

Theatre Banshee presents the world premiere of its Civil War stage documentary Mine Eyes Hath Seen. The play brings the epic conflict of the US Civil War to life solely through period music and the first-person writings of the men and women who lived through it. Alternately humorous, heartrending and horrific, the letters, memoirs and tales of the War Between the States cast history in a personal and accessible light. Wrenching agonies and history-making triumphs shine in the very words of those who lived history first-hand. Confederate and Union, slave and widower, all take to the stage to share an experience so profound it leaves history books in the dust.

Critically-acclaimed director Sean Branney compiled the script from a wide body of first-person writings and music from the Civil War. He also directs the production.