Abraham Lincoln's Traveling Medicine Show

Seamlessly mixing fact with fiction, "Abraham Lincoln's Traveling Medicine Show," is a theatrical retelling of the Lincoln assassination, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth, and the thirteen-day presidential funeral train, as seen through the eyes of the doctors, soldiers, friends, and family members - Union loyalists and Confederate sympathizers - who find themselves players in a tragedy spun out of control by the political agenda of others.
It's a tale of truth; both the search for and the avoidance of it, echoing on issues still relevant today on topics that range from the role of women in society, to racism, homophobia, and division of country.
The drama is fierce. The humor is dark. And the story is true. Sort of.

Mike Trippiedi is a writer of all things from blogs to screenplays, and short stories to novels. As a playwright, his women's prison comedy, Caged Vixens, had successful runs in Memphis, TN; Huntsville, AL; and Urbana, IL. His feature-length film, Amber Rose, enjoyed a long run on the film festival circuit, which included wins for Best Dramatic Feature at both the Washington DC Independent Film Festival, and the Illinois International Film Festival. Mike lives in Champaign, IL with his wife, Sue, and their cat, Greta. He can be reached at miketrippiedi@sbcglobal.net