The Quilt Lady Stories
Presentation at Waverly HS in Waverly NY - October 2017
Cathleen Wiggs, a retired U.S. Marine and published author, is active in the folk art of quilting and presents her creations through her reenactment performances. Wiggs travels across the country to share America's unique history of quilts and the stories they tell. Above, Wiggs gives a presentation at Waverly High School on Monday.
No stranger to theater, Wiggs began acting in the now
defunct Valley Players when she was 12 years old. She
continued acting through high school, but took a long break
while she served her country. After she retired from the
United Sates Marine Corps in 1997, she eventually began
acting again as well as writing and directing plays.
Researching and writing the stories herself, Wiggs is also
the actress in the one-woman show. She was inspired to
create the stories after she was asked to do a bed-turning
narration for the guild’s (Endless Mountain) 2012 show. She
has since written and performed four 45-minute shows
– Civil War, Depression Era, Fairy Queen of
Quilting, and this year’s Mail Order Bride.
Along with the informative and entertaining narrative,
Cathleen dazzles the audience with a trunk show of her many
beautiful quilts.
“I put all of my hobbies together – love of history, acting
and quilting. When I retired from the Marines, I found out
that I wanted to get paid to talk,” she remarked.
Wiggs adds a new show to her repertoire every year or two.
She does shows for museums, school groups, libraries,
nursing homes, quilt guilds, and at quilt shows. She
performs regionally and has also done shows in Dallas and in
Ireland.
For more information about Cathleen’s shows, visit
www.thequiltladystories.com.
Excerpt from an article posted in the Owego Pennysaver on September 27, 2018