Charles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse will host a production of My Father's War Saturday at 8 p.m. It will be a reader's theatre version with music and readings presented by Carol Ponder and Robert Kiefer.
Review for My Father's War:
A performance, that honors the best traditions of storytelling, is told in Lt. Ponder’s own words directly from his memoir – droll, sincere, and cruelly straightforward. My Father’s War is the story of a boy who enlists in the Army Air Corps, leaving his beloved Appalachian Mountains to become a “professional exterminator,” flying P-47 Thunderbolts. When he comes home again three years later, he must reintegrate into civilian life while struggling with PTSD and other unseen wounds from his war. Songs from the period and the mountains create a beautiful setting for his story.
You’ll hear old favorites like “Don’t Sit under the Apple Tree” and “I’ll Be Seeing You” and traditional songs including “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” “The Minstrel Boy,” and even “Goober Peas.”