FINDING CLARA (7f, 2m) - A tragicomedy about lintheads, silent movie stars, and lost love. The lives of Mary Victoria Woolson (mill worker) and Clara Bow (Hollywood's silent screen “It” girl) collide amidst the explosive background of the 1929 Loray Mill strike. The play is also an intergenerational story, following the journey in 1990 of Mary Victoria's granddaughter to discover the truth about her family and herself. A play about lost hopes and dreams, violence and racial hatred - and the power of cultural icons (past and present) to influence our beliefs and desires.