President Jimmy Carter’s mother shares her life story in "Miss Lillian Speaks,” showing one night only at Key City Playhouse, Feb. 6.

According to a press release from KCPT, people sometimes asked Lillian Carter if it was her best day when her son Jimmy was inaugurated as president of the United States?

“I had so many best days,” she answers, starting with the day she was born into this life. Listeners may step inside her personal history in "Miss Lillian Speaks," a one-woman show starring Carol Swarbrick of Sequim, an internationally known stage and television actress.

Swarbrick calls "Miss Lillian Speaks" the high point of her career. A performer who has appeared on Broadway, in musicals and plays nationally and on television's “Murder, She Wrote,” among other shows, she began studying Lillian Carter about five years ago when she read Jimmy Carter's book "A Remarkable Mother." Swarbrick learned that Lillian, at age 68, joined the Peace Corps and celebrated her 70th birthday while serving in India.

Swarbrick worked with director James Rocco, writer Jeff Scott and with her husband, a writer, actor and former Peace Corps volunteer, to create the play. She recorded a DVD of an early performance and sent it to the Carter Center, an international human rights and public health organization in Atlanta, Georgia. The video found its way to Jimmy Carter himself. The 39th president, along with his wife, Rosalynn, liked Swarbrick's portrayal enough to invite her to Plains, Georgia, where they gave her a tour of the Pond House, Miss Lillian's refuge at the Carter family's place. As "Miss Lillian Speaks" continued to take shape, Swarbrick and Dries were invited back for more visits, which included more conversations about Miss Lillian.

"Miss Lillian Speaks" plays for one night only, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6 at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St. Tickets, $15, are available at keycitypublictheatre.org or the playhouse box office. Call 385-KCPT. Season sponsors are Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar and SOS Printing.