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IDA B. 'N THE LYNCHING TREE FEB. 15-24, 2019 @ DILLARD UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

17 Feb 2019 1:14 PM | Anonymous

https://youtu.be/IGSLl4btj4E

DILLARD UNIVERSITY THEATRE PROGRAM PRESENTS NEW PLAY ON MISS IDA B. WELLS’ CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 15 and 16, February 22 and 23, 2019 @7:30 pm

February 17 and February 24, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
Cook Theatre, Dillard University

New Orleans, LA  – The Dillard Theatre Program at Dillard University will continue  its 83rd Historic Season with the Louisiana Premiere of a new play on the indefatigable 19th century female journalist, Miss Ida B. Wells, Ida B. ‘N The Lynching Tree written by Carolyn Nur Wistrand. Directed by Cherelle Palmer, the production runs on the Main Stage in Cook Auditorium, Dillard University February 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24, 2019. Tickets are on sale now.

About the play… Ida B. ‘N The Lynching Tree tells the true story of  how Ida B. Wells, born into slavery in 1862, championed freedom of the press to spotlight the atrocities of lynching in the Deep South. Constructed in four historical pageants, the play highlights the courageous, fearless, and militant spirit of the young Ida B. Wells as a schoolteacher and editor of The Free Press in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis lynching’s of Tommie Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart in 1892 become the catalyst for her lifelong crusade against lynching and inequities, brought about by Jim Crow laws in the Deep South.

Rated PG 13 for content and language.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

  • ·         Friday,     February  15, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
  • ·         Saturday, February  16, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
  • ·         Sunday,   February  17, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
  • ·         Friday,     February  22, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
  • ·         Saturday, February  23, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.
  • ·         Sunday,   February  24, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.

For more information please call 504-208-0547


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