Corterie Presents FREEDOM SISTERS Through March 4
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 04, 2012
Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting & Singing Home, by Lisa Evans, is performing through March 4 at the Coterie Theatre, Level 1 Crown Center Shops. The play recounts the story of one family's fight for freedom and progress as told by twelve-year-old Lizzie Walker.
It is 1950s America, the Deep South; a world on the verge of change but still tainted by everyday injustices and the remnants of slavery. "In my family there's dead people hopping in and out of the conversation all the time." One of those dead people is Lizzie's great-great-great grandmother Sojourner Truth, freedom fighter of slavery, whose voice could not be silenced. As Lizzie unpacks the past, she listens to Sojourner and, in the process, discovers her own voice...fearless, joyful, full of resolve."It's about a girl learning form her family's history and through the process finds her own voice," said MeghAnn Henry, co-director of Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home. "It's a mixture of history, family, civil rights and women's rights. It's also about standing up for yourself."Individual Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for all children, students and seniors age 60 and up; $9 for Season Ticket holders. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more. Tickets may be purchased online at www.coterietheatre.org or by calling the Coterie Box Office (816) 474-6552 from 10 a.m. to 4 p. m. Monday through Friday.TARGET Saturdays: Free ticketwith purchase; restrictions apply; not available online.
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