Exodus: Dreams of the Promised Land in Antebellum America

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The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
with actors Rosalyn Coleman Williams, Jennifer Rau,
and Reg E. Cathey

Erica Gould, Script and Stage Direction
Jessica Gould, Program Concept and Dramaturgy

Please join us for a moving and joyous celebration of the struggle for freedom and triumph over adversity through theatre and music. The enduring power of liberation imagery in the early American consciousness comes to life through works by William Billings (1746 – 1800), Stephen Jenks (1772 – 1856), early spirituals and Shaker hymns performed with historical texts selected from abolitionist writings and slave narratives, including selections from Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave.

Fraunces Tavern, the first site of the American government, sets the stage for starkly beautiful American repertoire.
Tickets at the highest level include a dinner at 8:30pm with the artists in the Fraunces Tavern Restaurant, built in 1719.