"Lift Every Voice" for Black History Month in February--reserve now!

 

Lift Every Voice:  Letter to the Editor   A play by Tylie Shider Directed by Paul Whelihan   February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH Engage your young audiences with this captivating production.       (from L to R: Marlaina Powell, Joshua Hendricks, Harriett Trangucci. Photo by Thiery Donaus)   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 spirit, images, and music of mid-century America during the Civil Rights Movement. Historical touchstones include the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Little Rock Nine, the Greensboro Sit-ins, the Freedom Fighters, and the Civil Rights Movement. This play with music offers a pathway to understanding and compassion for young learners. “…A Letter to the Editor” resonates with the voice in everyone to fight against injustice. (appropriate for grades 4 through 8)  https://pushcartplayers.org/lift-every-voice/     A generous grant from the New Jersey State Bar Foundation will help subsidize performances of this production in under-resourced NJ schools! Contact Pushcart to learn more.   Pushcart Players 973.857.1115 information@pushcartplayers.org         Made possible by funds from New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.     This project is cosponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and made possible through funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey. For additional information about the Foundation's other law-related activities, please call 1-800-FREE-LAW or visit the Foundation at njsbf.org   As a social profit organization, Pushcart Players' programs are made possible in part by generous grants from the Pine Tree Foundation of NY, Actors’ Equity Foundation, ADP Foundation, EJ Grassmann Trust, Hyde & Watson Foundation, The Montclair Foundation, PNC Bank/Lillian Schenck Foundation, The Turrell Fund, The Whitehill Foundation, and numerous individual contributors.   DONATE to Pushcart Players - A not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation