The Journey: Breaking Barriers at Lincoln Theatre

Concept and Creation by Destiny Coleman

Presented by Converging Arts Columbus, The Journey: Breaking Barriers is a new multidisciplinary stage production presented in collaboration with Ohio Humanities. The work features Columbus-based artists, dancers, spoken word poets, musicians, and vocalists, and highlights the ongoing fight for educational equity in the United States. The production will tell the lesser-known stories of those who courageously challenged segregation in schools, focusing on the Lincoln School Marchers in Hillsboro, Ohio, and the broader resistance to integration in Columbus. Despite the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954, many Ohio communities resisted desegregation into the 1960s and 70s. This production will preserve and amplify these critical stories, allowing them to resonate with today’s audiences.

The Journey: Breaking Barriers builds on the success of The Journey: Civil Rights, which won the 2023 Greater Columbus Arts Council Columbus Makes Art Excellence Award, and will continue the tradition of using the arts to tell underrepresented stories.

All attendees are invited to join us for a free pre-show talk at the Lincoln Theatre on April 11 at 5:45 PM, presented by Townsand Price-Spratlen, Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. This discussion will provide historical and social context for The Journey: Breaking Barriers and deepen audience understanding of the stories explored in the performance.

Website:  https://go.evvnt.com/3395768-2?pid=11710

Artists: Destiny Coleman, Milton Ruffin, DeMeeshia Marshall , Karolyn Lee Gholston, Kenneth Eaddy, Tifani Kendrick, Kenny Brown, Lorii Wallace, Trezon Dancy, Jaylene Jennings

Time:  19:00 -  21:00