'Lift Every Voice' for Black History Month with Pushcart Players

 

presents Lift Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor A new play by Tylie Shider Directed by Paul Whelihan   February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH Engage your young learners with this captivating production     with Marlaina Powell* Joshua Hendricks* Harriett Trangucci*   Junebug is a 12-year-old African American boy in the 1960s South who raises his voice to confront the inequities of school segregation. “LIFT EVERY VOICE...” is a multimedia play exploring the images, spirit, and events of mid-century America leading up to the Civil Rights Movement.   This play with music offers a pathway to understanding and compassion for young learners. Historical touchstones include the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Little Rock Nine, the Greensboro Sit-ins, the Freedom Fighters, and the Civil Rights Movement.   “…A Letter to the Editor” resonates with the voice in everyone to fight against injustice.  (appropriate for Grades 4 through 8)         As a social-profit organization, Pushcart Players’ programs are made possible in part by NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, Pine Tree Foundation of New York, Actors’ Equity Foundation, ADP Foundation, EJ Grassmann Trust, Hyde & Watson Foundation, The Montclair Foundation, PNC Bank/Lillian Schenck Foundation, The Sosland Foundation, The Turrell Fund, The Whitehill Foundation, and numerous individual contributors.   All Pushcart Players are members of Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers.   Funding is Available! Thanks to generous grants from The Montclair Foundation, The Turrell Fund, and Lillian Schenck Foundation, underwriting is available to bring the production to your school. Call Pushcart to see if your school qualifies! Pushcart Players 973.857.1115 information@pushcartplayers.org https://pushcartplayers.org Paul Whelihan - Producing Artistic Director Ellen Beattie - Outreach & Education Director Stacie Gogo - General Manager Sam Tucker - Digital Marketing / Development Officer     DONATE to Pushcart Players - A not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation