Sat, Apr 01
|Middletown
My Children! My Africa!
My Children! My Africa! is coming to Oddfellows Playhouse Theater. Watch South African playwright Athol Fugard confront the tragedy of Apartheid in this compelling drama! (150min) Talk back and Story Circle workshop for TAs & Educators (5:30-7:30pm) Free!
Time & Location
Apr 01, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Middletown, 128 Washington St, Middletown, CT 06457, USA
About the event
South African playwright Athol Fugard confronts the tragedy of Apartheid in this compelling drama. In the face of increasing racial tension, teacher Mr. M plans to prove that through education and working together, that a Black and White Afrikaner can demonstrate that Apartheid is madness. The three soon find that their classroom is not immune from the conflict which accompanies overturning the old order and the challenge of finding your voice in the face of so much turmoil around you.
Feat: Jelani Ptcher, Brianna Joy Ford, and Godfrey Simmons Jr.
Directed by Melanie Dreyer-Lude
Lighting by Jon-Paul Larocco
Show run time: 150min
Saturday. April 1 @ 2pm Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater 128 Washington St. Middletown CT 06457
General Admission: $10 (Pay at the door cash/credit/debit)
Teaching Artists & Educators: FREE (limited seats available)
* Teaching Artists and educators are welcomed to join us for a dinner and talk back session with the cast of My Children! My Africa! Learn how it was to play their roles as they share their stories with us and open up conversations on the importance of an educators presence, lifting student voices, and how one shows up authentically as themselves in the midst of trauma and turmoils in the school systems.* 5:30-7:30pm