Backlight, A Fesler Family Chronicle
In the theatre, a backlight illuminates the shapes of the actors and
the set but masks the details to create illusory truth. Backlight tells the shadow tale of a family’s trek across
continents and generations. One family journeyed from Switzerland in the 1600s
through Germany to Pennsylvania Colony in the 1700s, into Indiana in the 1800s,
and then to Arizona in the 1900s, always searching for a better life.
The Fesler saga mirrors the experiences of millions of Americans, no
matter their heritage or land of origin. This work is part history, part
fiction but a whole attempt to understand the people and forces that help shape
us. The more we understand, the better we can consciously choose directions for
our future as a family, a nation, and a world.
