If History Could Talk

_{Some see heritage.}

      _{Some see hate.}

            _{Some call for its removal.}

                 _{Others say that history should not be erased.} 

What would some of the most prominent figures from American history say about the role the Confederate Battle Flag should play in the discussion of America’s history?  

Abolitionists’ Museum, the third and final play in our Local Theater Series imagines that hypothetical conversation.   

_{Clockwise from the top: David Walker, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner,  John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and  Harriet Tubman, images provided by the Library of Congress.}

Abolitionists’ Museum takes place in the wax statue wing of a museum where the figures of Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, David Walker, and Nat Turner come to life and begin a fierce debate about the recent addition of the Confederate Battle Flag to the museum and what should be done with it.

Shari Bailey, local playwright and founder of JuneteenthVA-SB,Ink, penned this unique script years ago, long before the recent public conversations about the flag dominated newspaper, television and internet headlines. In keeping with the format of our two previous staged readings this summer (Army of 1 and Ben and Jefferson), there will be an opportunity for audience members to share their thoughts after the performance.

All are encouraged and welcomed to join us for this theatrical and community event.

This Sunday, August 9th at 4pm, on the main stage in The American Theatre, JuneteenthVA-SB,Ink. proudly presents the third installment of the Local Theater Series with a staged reading of Sheri Bailey's original script, Abolitionists’ Museum.

Admission is free.