Tree Shade

Overview

Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise. The fanciful and chilling tales of a delightfully vain maid in the 1920s, a hopelessly depressed nanny in the 1950s, and a mother frustrated during the holiday season in the 1980s, help Savannah reconcile her feelings about her own past in this touching coming-of-age story. An imaginative, thoroughly engaging drama that speaks volumes about identity and self-worth.

Cast

Reneé Griggsby

Savannah Mayfield

Starla Benford

Denise Mayfield/Nefertiti Klaus

Lina Bradford

Etta Mae Mayfield (as Girlina)

David Drake

Santa Claus

Elizabeth Lynn

Olive

Fritz Michel

Esther Pulliam-Torres

David Sitler

1950's Detective