Anne Bradstreet Promo Shoot

On the shoot at Pioneer Village

A promotional movie for the play "From the Author to My Dear and Loving Husband"
written to celebrate the 400th birthday of America's first published poet, Anne Bradstreet was shot at Pioneer Village and other Salem locations last week.
The play, written by Kristina Wacom-Stevick, was recently performed at Pioneer Village, and will be performed again September 15th, 16th, 2012 at Pioneer Village .
A portable show with 4 actors and minimal set, it is hoped that the play can be performed at schools, festivals and other venues.

Amelia Haas plays the young Anne Bradstreet

In an effort to raise awareness of the piece, a well as Anne Bradstreet's 400th birthday, Kristina, who works for Gordon College's Institute for Public History, History Alive! and Paul Van Ness of Van Ness Creative, and Cinema Salem worked together to shoot the piece.Van Ness and History Alive! have collaborated before on the film, The True 1692. Using local actors, the movie will flesh out more details of the life of Anne Bradstreet who arrived in Salem in 1630 at the age of 18. The film will also be shown at Cinema Salem.

Erik Rodenhiser and Mark Stevick