Play brings drama of historical Great Storm to the stage

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"The Great Storm" is just part of a three-month long remembrance celebration for the powerful storm of 1913. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

“The Great Storm” is just part of a three-month long remembrance celebration for the powerful storm of 1913. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 is widely considered to be the defining tragedy of the region.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the storm that claimed the lives of more than 250 people and destroyed 19 ships. Now that tragedy is coming to the stage.

“The Great Storm,” a play directed by Warren L. Robinson, follows the stories of two families whose worlds are shaken by the disaster.

The play is part of the three-month long “A Remembrance of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913“ event, established by the Port of Goderich in Ontario and a group of volunteers in the Lake Huron community.

Since September, the event has combined memorials, speakers, historians and actors with one common goal — commemorate and educate about the Great Storm. The activities and offerings run through November.

“The Great Storm” debuted on Oct. 24 at the Sarnia Library Theatre to much success, said historian and volunteer Paul Carroll.

Carroll also said the trailer for the play, which can be seen below, garnered considerable attention along with the rest of the festivities.

“We typically run about 3,000 hits a week on our Facebook page, but we just hit 8,000,” he said.

The play will run again on Oct. 31, Nov. 1-3, 7-10 at 8 p.m. at the Goderich Little/Livery Theatre in Goderich, Ontario. The Nov. 3 and 10 showings are at 2 p.m.; all others are at 8 p.m.

Related events around the Great Lakes region include the Michigan Historical Museum recently debuted a weather exhibit which aims to illustrate the importance of the storm on Michigan’s weather history. That exhibit runs through Aug. 14, 2014.

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