ETC presents new dinner-theater show, 'Ever True'

This was a find. Mystic playwright Lisa Saunders discovered an evocative series of letters between her great-great-grandparents - a Civil War soldier and his young wife. Saunders has worked that story into a drama "Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife," which the Emerson Theatre Collaborative is performing Tuesday.

Yes, that's Valentine's Day, which is perfect, since this is a love story. It's about a couple's devotion, even during war.

The husband was Charles McDowell, a Canadian native who moved to upstate New York and then enlisted in the Union Army. The wife was Nancy, who was only 17 when her spouse went to war.

The ETC dinner theater production at The River Walk Restaurant in Mystic stars Dan Mauro, Marta Rymer and Nathan Watrous. It's directed by Joshua Ramos and produced by Camilla Ross.

The dinner-theater production includes prix-fix-menu dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the show at 8. Tickets are $55 (not including gratuity and taxes). Call (860) 705-9711 or visit emersontheatercollaborative.org.

- Kristina Dorsey