P R E S E N T E D B Y : PortlandMuseumofArt February27 atthe JACQUELINE & JILLY: 30X48 POSTER - REVISION 3 TRIM: 30”X 48” BLEED: 30.25”X 48.25” 10.31.18 Three Generations of Women | Two Shattered Dreams | One Accidental Opioid Addiction Behind the scenes: Interview with Victoria Rowell in Summerguide 2018 Read More: PortlandMonthly.com Check this website for further information, timing, and tickets. isn’t that… S u m m e r g u i d e 2 0 1 8 2 1 1 courteSy victoria rowell High Velocity Victoria Rowell in spite of difficult early years as a foster child, Portland native Victoria Rowell’s ties to maine are unshakable. Here’s what she’s up to now! By Colin W. saRgent On May 10, 1959, future ballet principal, dazzling actress, Ph.D., bestselling author, and movie mogul Victoria Rowell was born at Mercy Hospital in Portland. This summer, she’s shooting a film in which she’s the executive producer, direc- tor, screenwriter, and a lead actress. We caught up with her as her production com- pany, Days Ferry Productions, LLC, revs up to full throttle. ThevillageofDaysFerrygoeswaybackinMainehistory beforeitbecameWoolwich.Establishedin1754onthe banksoftheKennebec,itseemsalmostlikeafable—amagic place,likeBrigadoon.IsDaysFerryyourCastleRock? Well, I’ll tell you, I love history. I cover my Maine connections in my memoir The Wom- en Who Raised Me [Harper Collins, 2007, a New York Times best seller]. My mother’s side of the family is buried in the Castine cemetery. In our family plot, one of our fam- ily members was the drummer boy for the 16th Regiment in the Revolutionary War. I named my production company Day’s Fer- ry in 1999, when I was house-hunting along the coast. I was very close to buying a fab- ulous house on Peaks Island, with mature trees I loved but no septic. I couldn’t be 3,000 miles away [in Hollywood] and have no sep- tic tank! Anyway, I kept looking. And during this journey I saw a spellbinding place set on the water. It had gone many years unattend- ed. It was in Days Ferry. What’sthenameofyournewfilm? Jacqueline and Jilly. No ampersand. Sinceyou’retheexecutiveproducer,director,leadactress, andco-screenwriter,howdidyoupitchittoyourself? The logline is “An American family dra- ma—three women, two shattered dreams, PresentingtheMainePremiereofProducer,director,writer, actress,andPortlandnativeVictoriaRowell’snewfilm.