Rebecca Motte portrayed by Chris Weatherhead

Pickens County Performing Arts Center 314 W. Main Street, Liberty, SC 29657

FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Come early to get a seat. Doors open at 1 pm.

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Rebecca Brewton Motte was raised in a wealthy family in Charleston and, along with her brother, Miles Brewton, became a passionate patriot by 1770. She and her husband, Jacob Motte (descended from Huguenots), began courageously supplying the newly gathered Continental army in 1775. Rebecca continued to do so after Jacob died early in 1780, even cleverly hiding her daughters in the attic from British officers during their occupation of her Charleston home following the invasion of Charleston on May 12 of that year. Later in 1780 the British allowed her to move to her other home on the Congaree River which, ironically, the Redcoats seized also, calling it Fort Motte. In 1781, Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox), Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee and Patriot forces arrived to fight. The enterprising Rebecca offered surprising tools to destroy the British garrison and force surrender of her occupied country home. She emerged as one of South Carolina’s bravest, most undaunted and wittiest individuals.
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Chris Weatherhead has been a leading actress in film, television and stage for fifty years on both coasts. She trained with Brewster Mason of the Royal Shakespeare company (USC, Irvine and London). She is a writer, director and producer of nine award-winning films and co-starred, wrote, directed and co-produced All For Liberty, Echoes of Glory, Heroes from the American Revolution, The Final Trials of Anne Hutchinson, Light for Your Journey and John at Patmos, An Allegory. She also wrote/directed Frederick Douglass, No Turning Back and John Laurens’ War. She recently co-starred in the thriller Valley of the Horntak. On prime-time television, Ms. Weatherhead has had numerous guest starring roles including on Dallas, Our Family Honor, Moonlighting, Night Court, Sinatra (mini-series) and Equal Justice. Chris was the evil Alicia Van Dine on ABC’s Edge of Night for more than two years. She guest starred on The Young & the Restless and Days of our Lives. Ms. Weatherhead’s historical novel, Against the Wind, the Rise of Kamehameha the Great is based on her award-winning screenplay, Ku-Makani.