The Curious Case of Albert Cashier: Lincoln’s ‘Lady’ Soldier
25 October, 2023 | 8:00 pm
Tickets €18 / €16 (plus €1.50 booking fee per ticket)
“Lincoln wanted soldiers. I wanted excitement”
Belvidere, Illinois, 1862: A young Irishman, Albert D.J. Cashier, enlists with the Union Army in the Civil War and becomes a decorated hero. But unknown to his comrades, Private Cashier is waging an internal war all of his own. When he is fifty years a veteran an indiscreet doctor reveals to all of America that Cashier was assigned female at birth, born under the name Jennie Hodgers, from Clogherhead, Co. Louth, Ireland. From that day on Albert’s greatest battle truly begins: for identity, selfhood, and truth.
In this original new play devised by the company, Quintessence Theatre use their innovative physical ensemble storytelling techniques mingled with multi-media of stunning projection and emotive music to dramatise the incredible true story of the Clogherhead-born Transgender soldier.
Post show interview with Quintessence Theatre members, Anthony Kinahan and Ceara Carey, Bernie Quinn from Outcomers Dundalk, and Aoife Martin from Transgender Equality Network Ireland.