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The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.

BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month Photo BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2020

BalletX kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with a virtual event on September 23 at 7:00pm, featuring the world premiere of four dance films, available only on the company's new virtual subscription series platform BalletX Beyond at www.BalletX.org/Beyond.  Equally exciting for BalletX fans, the c...


Dauphin County Commissioners' to Present Black History Month Program DO YOU KNOW ME? Photo Dauphin County Commissioners' to Present Black History Month Program DO YOU KNOW ME?
by A.A. Cristi - January 27, 2021

In celebration of Black History Month, Dauphin County Commissioners Jeff Haste, Mike Pries, and George R. Hartwick III are proud to present “Do You Know Me?”, an original digital performance episode by Sharia Benn, and partnership program of Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre...


CPT's STATION HOPE Kicks Off Tonight With Pop-up Livestream Performances Photo CPT's STATION HOPE Kicks Off Tonight With Pop-up Livestream Performances
by A.A. Cristi - June 24, 2020

Cleveland Public Theatre will present CPT's celebrated annual festival virtually on Saturday, June 27, from 5:00-10:00 (ET)....


Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2019 Photo Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2019
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2019

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's sixth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 4, from 7:00 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...


Theater in Quarantine Premieres Scott R. Sheppard's BLOOD MEAL Photo Theater in Quarantine Premieres Scott R. Sheppard's BLOOD MEAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2021

Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, will present the world premiere of Blood Meal, a new play written by Obie Award-winner Scott R. Sheppard (Underground Railroad Game, The Appointm...


BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month Photo BalletX Premieres Four Short Dance Films This Month
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2020

BalletX kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with a virtual event on September 23 at 7:00pm, featuring the world premiere of four dance films, available only on the company's new virtual subscription series platform BalletX Beyond at www.BalletX.org/Beyond.  Equally exciting for BalletX fans, the c...


Celebrate Black History Month In Northglenn With Music And Dance Photo Celebrate Black History Month In Northglenn With Music And Dance
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2020

Northglenn celebrates Black History Month with two shows in February, thanks to partnerships with regional arts organizations....


Kent Tritle Leads 'OSNY Messiah 2020' Holiday Concert Photo Kent Tritle Leads 'OSNY Messiah 2020' Holiday Concert
by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2020

The Oratorio Society of New York's 147th annual performance of Messiah had been slated to take place on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Carnegie Hall. When it became clear that this could not happen, OSNY Music Director Kent Tritle and the organization's leadership came up with a Plan B. ...


BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films Photo BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2020

BalletX announces the premiere of four short dance films by choreographers Hope Boykin, Rena Butler, Caili Quan, and Penny Saunders for Works & Process at the Guggenheim's Virtual Works & Process series this Sunday, June 14 at 7:30pm a?' the series was recently in the news for premiering Jamar Rober...


Virginia Rep's Children's Theatre Presents HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROA Photo Virginia Rep's Children's Theatre Presents HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by A.A. Cristi - January 14, 2020

Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the company of the second production of the 2019/2020 Children's Season, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, opening Friday, January 24, 2020, at the Children's Theatre at Willow Lawn. Developed at Virginia Rep, this important story will be told onstage ...


William Jackson Harper Will Recur On THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Photo William Jackson Harper Will Recur On THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 22, 2019

Deadline reports that William Jackson Harper, the beloved Chidi from NBC's 'The Good Place,' will recur on Barry Jenkins' 'The Underground Railroad,' an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel....


Salem For Social Justice Hosts Free Events This Fall Photo Salem For Social Justice Hosts Free Events This Fall
by Kyle Christopher West - September 21, 2020

Salem for Social Justice will be showing 'Harriet' at the Courthouse lawn on October 2nd. On Sunday, October 11th, the group will be holding an Abolitionist Underground Railroad Walk from 1-3PM led by local historian Clifford Oliver starting at the Greenwich Public Library. Both events are free. ...


Amazon Studios Announces Deal With Plan B Entertainment Photo Amazon Studios Announces Deal With Plan B Entertainment
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 14, 2020

Amazon Studios announced today that it has signed a new overall deal for television with the Academy and Emmy Award-winning team at Plan B Entertainment. Under the exclusive new agreement, its first ever devoted to television production, Plan B will develop and produce series to premiere on Amazon P...


VIFF Announces 2020 Speaker Lineup for VIFF Talks Photo VIFF Announces 2020 Speaker Lineup for VIFF Talks
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 17, 2020

Vancouver International Film Festival 2020 (VIFF) is delighted to announce the complete programming lineup for the always popular VIFF Talks series....


Lightning Rod Special Adds Extra Performance To THE APPOINTMENT At Next Door At NYTW Photo Lightning Rod Special Adds Extra Performance To THE APPOINTMENT At Next Door At NYTW
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2019

Due to popular demand, Lightning Rod Special (LRS) creator of the Obie-Award winning Underground Railroad Game, will add one additional performance to the sold-out run of their newest critically-acclaimed work, The Appointment. The additional performance will take place on Sunday, May 4, 2019 at 3pm...


PROJECT SPACE Opens at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art with 'Diedrick Brackens: Photo PROJECT SPACE Opens at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art with 'Diedrick Brackens: Ark of Bulrushes'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 10, 2020

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) debuts 'PROJECT SPACE' with new works by Diedrick Brackens that incorporate textiles with ideas of agency to advance change, on view Feb. 6 - Aug. 22, 2021....


BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films Photo BalletX And Works & Progress At The Guggenheim To Premiere 4 Short Dance Films
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2020

BalletX announces the premiere of four short dance films by choreographers Hope Boykin, Rena Butler, Caili Quan, and Penny Saunders for Works & Process at the Guggenheim's Virtual Works & Process series this Sunday, June 14 at 7:30pm a?' the series was recently in the news for premiering Jamar Rober...


NC Opera Awarded NEA Grant To Produce Staged Version Of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbel Photo NC Opera Awarded NEA Grant To Produce Staged Version Of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's Oratorio SANCTUARY ROAD
by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2020

North Carolina Opera has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce a staged version of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell's acclaimed oratorio Sanctuary Road....


Joel Edgerton Joins Amazon Series UNDERGROUND RAILROAD From Barry Jenkins Photo Joel Edgerton Joins Amazon Series UNDERGROUND RAILROAD From Barry Jenkins
by Tori Hartshorn - April 18, 2019

According to Variety, actor Joel Edgerton has joined the cast of Amazon's forthcoming series from Barry Jenkins, titled UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.  Set to write and direct is Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), with the series slated to be executive produced by Pastel (Moonlight) and Brad Pitt's Plan...


Staten Island Museum Explore The Underground Railroad Photo Staten Island Museum Explore The Underground Railroad
by Stephi Wild - June 07, 2019

Join historian Debbie-Ann Paige at the Staten Island Museum on Saturday, June 8 at 12pm and 2pm at the Staten Island presentation of 5 Boros to Freedom to explore the history of slavery, freedom seekers, and the abolition movement on Staten Island. 5 Boros to Freedom is an extension of the work of U...


Amber Gray Joins Regina Hall In Amazon Studios' MASTER Photo Amber Gray Joins Regina Hall In Amazon Studios' MASTER
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 06, 2020

Hadestown's Amber Gray and Zoe Renee will co-star opposite Regina Hall in the upcoming Amazon Studios' thriller Master, according to Deadline....


Naxos Records to Release SANCTUARY ROAD, Oratorio Society of New York's World Premier Photo Naxos Records to Release SANCTUARY ROAD, Oratorio Society of New York's World Premiere Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 09, 2020

The 2018 world premiere performance by the Oratorio Society of New York of the Paul Moravec/Mark Campbell work Sanctuary Road is now a Naxos Records release (January 10, 2020). Based on the writings of William Still, a 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad who chronicled 'the death struggles of ...


Photo Flash: First Look at AMERICAN UNDERGROUND at Barrington Stage Photo Photo Flash: First Look at AMERICAN UNDERGROUND at Barrington Stage
by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2019

Barrington Stage Company (BSC) continues its 25th Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of the Bonnie & Terry Burman New Play Award Winner, American Underground by Brent Askari....


The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Will Present HARRIET TUBMAN: STRAIGHT UP OUTTA' Photo The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Will Present HARRIET TUBMAN: STRAIGHT UP OUTTA' THE UNDEGROUND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2020

Her story hidden in secrecy no more, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) brings HARRIET TUBMAN: STRAIGHT UP OUTTA THE UNDERGROUND performed by TCT On Tour (TCT's touring division) to the Ralph and Patricia Corbett Showtime Stage March 14-15, 2020....


New Summer Music Festival in Collingwood Features Diverse Line-Up of Classical, World Photo New Summer Music Festival in Collingwood Features Diverse Line-Up of Classical, World Music and Jazz
by A.A. Cristi - June 11, 2019

From Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, August 11, the town of Collingwood will be transformed into a stage for an eclectic program of performances by a diverse array of world-class artists. The Collingwood Summer Music Festival is excited to announce its first season in 2019 by presenting over one hundre...






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