| John Mitty Saturday, January 12, 2013 |
Stony Brook, NY – In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History month, February and March, Long Islanders can truly celebrate the meaning of freedom. WMHO is pleased to announce an extended run of the acclaimed Running Scared, Running Free: Escape to the Promised Land, a story of the slave experience in New York. These riveting live theatrical performances, held 150 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln’s historic declaration that slaves were declared freed by law, will be a poignant experience about the power of the human spirit.
Running Scared, Running Free is an interactive production based on investigative research compiled by The Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO). It was attended by over 7,000 young people and adults when it first opened in 2005. Oral histories shared by Native Americans inspired WMHO to research the movement of escaping slaves from the south to Long Island and north to Canada. A St. George Production, the drama is set in the mid-1850s and is told through the eyes of “Dorcas,” a female slave fleeing South Carolina. The production shows how Native Americans, the Shinnecocks, Quakers as well as free Blacks and Abolitionists assisted in the Underground Railroad through the fascinating use of secret codes in quilt patterns as a vital means of communication.
Performances take place at WMHO’s Educational & Cultural Center, 97P Main Street in Stony Brook Village at 10 am and Noon on February 4, 6, 12, 14, 25 and 27 and a March performance is available at schools request. There is a special matinee performance on February 4 at 2 pm which is open to the general public and includes desserts and tea from “the north and the south” such as Northern Apple Pie and Robert E. Lee’s Orange Pie. Costs are below:
Dessert from The South: Robert E. Lee’s Orange Pie & Tea
February 4th MATINEE ADMISSION: $20 pp (min. 35)
GEN. ADMISSION: Adults: $12 pp; Students: $12 pp (first 35); $8 pp (over 35)
DISTANCE LEARNING: $250 per class connection (IP and ISPN connectivity)
IN-SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: $1500
Program aligned to meet National and NYS Common Core Standards and BOCES Arts-in-Education reimbursable. For further information call 631-751-2244 or visit www.stonybrookvillage.com
Photo Credit: Ward Melville Heritage Organization
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