plays
Drama ‘Blood at the Root’ explores the background to the Jena Six case
September 22, 2023“This story is inspired by a series of incidents, media reporting, and social action in Jena, Louisiana, in 2007.”
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‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’: Probing the souls of young Catholic conservatives
August 25, 2023Perhaps as many questions are left unanswered as settled, but bottom line, this is one play not to be missed.
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‘One Moment of Freedom’ tells the dramatic story of the formerly enslaved MumBet
August 3, 2023The play lifts up the historical figure of Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman and helps to restore her to public consciousness.
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‘Shanghai Sonatas’ receives world premiere: Displaced Jews and Chinese under Japanese occupation
March 28, 2023The originality of the concept and the generally high quality of both book and score combine to make the musical’s popular success likely.
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‘The Atheist Mother’ fictionalizes the story of militant freethinker Madelyn Murray O’Hair
October 20, 2022Playwright Willard Manus takes on the famous case of Murray v. Curlett, which challenged the policy of mandatory prayers and Bible reading in Baltimore public schools.
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