Event Update:

Seats at The Classic Center Pavilion are available for the first 200 attendees. It would best to bring your own folding chair.

About the Performance

Meet former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in this fascinating first-person performance by Leslie Goddard. It is 1964 and the former first lady, besieged by tourists and paparazzi, is struggling to cope. Attempting to determine her next step, she reviews her life, sharing stories about her marriage, her fight for privacy amidst intense media scrutiny, her work to restore the White House, and her attempts to showcase the arts. As she gradually opens up, you will meet the private woman behind the public myth.

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About the Artist

Leslie Goddard is an award-winning historian who has been portraying famous women in history for more than fifteen years. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Northwestern University as well as Master’s degrees in both museum studies and in theatre. A former museum director, she currently works full-time as an actor and public speaker. Her presentations have been seen by audiences in more than twenty states, including scores of universities, museums, libraries, festivals, and civic organizations.