Episode 7:Chicago Love Story 1923 Mizz Ami Jeanine SabatierArchived Message
Posted by Sandi M in Chicagoland on February 18, 2023, 9:13 am
I'm Teresa for Eyewitness news and In Your Neighborhood with a preview of tonight's episode. We are following a Chicago Love Story that we have been working on since November. Street and alley cave-ins, disrupted services and businesses, a hidden prohibition tunnel and a secret room with victims have been exposed in our previous episodes.
Tonight we will explore the journal found at the scene written by a seventeen-year-old Creole from New Orleans, Ami Jeanine Sabatier, one hundred years ago. Special thanks to the drama department of Northwestern University for bringing our mysterious Ami alive in our detailed dramatization.
Arriving on a train from New Orleans, Ami spent a day pounding on the door of the Carney Talent Agency on the Northside of Chicago with no luck.
Aimee: I will try again! BANG, BANG! I didn't think it became this hot here in Chicago.
Ami: I had to rest, to think, and I dozed off, until someone had their hand on my head.... What!!!!
Ami: I lashed out, startled by a tall stranger with the softest brown eyes. He backed away quickly, just as my kick missed him. Ma-ma taught me well, I know how to take care of myself. "Go Away! Please, leave me alone."
Stranger: I'm a musician, too and work here, my name is Sonnie. You can't stay out here, we have customers coming soon.
The handsome stranger helps her find the secret to entering the Agency Speak Easy.
Finally the door opens and we meet Delores Carney. Ami: New Orleans, Ma'm. I'm Ah-Mee Sabatier, and I'm here to sing.
Delores: Well, honey right now I need a hostess for a private party. All you have to do is keep glasses filled and bring them something to eat now and then. Do you have another dress? Can you do that? I don't let any hanky-panky go on around here, understand? That's all the rules there are here.
Inside, Ami learns she will be waiting on tables of the Speak Easy, take music lessons and classes, and find a new wardrobe before she can sing.
We will find out Dan Carney's plans for his Speak Easy, do they include Ami?
Ami: Looking in the mirror I could see my cheeks were flaming red---from the sun. Gran Mer would scold me so. I slathered cream on to calm my fiery face, and rubbed hope into my soul.
Please join us tonight for our hour long special, dramatized by the Northwestern Drama Department.
