Elise Gomber has been a professional actress since the age of 11 when She began performing with a summer theater troupe. She has a degree in theater performance from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She wrote this play because “She wanted to share a different perspective on life in Victorian New Mexico than is usually discussed. The women who lived here were such a vital part of the heart and soul of Old Lincoln town, but their lives – their pain, their joys, their challenges, their losses and triumphs – are rarely discussed. They remain in the shadows of their husbands. I aimed to change that. I chose to portray Carolina because she was a quintessential American woman of the West. The daughter of immigrants, she was born in the East, but made her home in New Mexico. She married an Irish immigrant who was a self-made man and they carved an elegant home out of what was still largely wilderness. She maintained her composure and her grace in the face of violence and the worst loss anyone can experience – that of a child. She died at only 25, after giving birth to her fourth baby. Her youngest daughter lived until the 1970s, where she had a home in Glendale, California. This family’s story is an American story. And this woman’s story is an important part of New Mexico history.”