Flyin’ West at Generic Theater

Following the end of the Civil War, many former slaves, anxious to leave the South and the increasing disappointments and dangers of Reconstruction, took advantage of The Homestead Act and went West to build new lives for themselves and their families. Many of these homesteaders were black women who overcame tremendous odds to work their own land and make a place for themselves in an often harsh and forbidding environment. Set in 1898, FLYIN’ WEST is the story of some of these African-American female pioneers who settled, together, in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.

FLYIN' WEST

WRITTEN BY PEARL CLEAGE

Directed by Terrance Afer-Anderson

Weekends: September 8 – October 1, 2023

Fridays & Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm