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Disguised as a man to fight the Civil War: ‘Wakeman’ finds a modern story in a soldier’s letters

There was an early moment in “Wakeman,” the developmental production at New London Barn Playhouse last Friday, when the protagonist broke into a smile as the ensemble lifted her and slipped her into a pair of soldiers’ trousers. Her eyes sparkled, her expression somewhere between delight and disbelief, as though she couldn’t quite fathom what […]

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