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Freedom Days

Collection / Anthology, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Steve Friedman

This collection of four interrelated short plays combines touching and powerful events from the Civil Rights Movement with the spiritual music from that era. Rather than reading from a history textbook, we relive the most turbulent years of our country's history.

Freedom Days

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

This collection of four interrelated short plays combines touching and powerful events from the Civil Rights Movement with the spiritual music from that era. Rather than reading from a history textbook, we relive the most turbulent years of our country's history.

Plays include:
Rudolph
Brenda
Myra
Clyde

History
Freedom Days was first presented by Modern Times Theater in Washington Square Church in February 1984. It was directed by Denny Oartridge with musical direction by Gene Glickman.
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Performing Groups

1st Narrator - MIKE, FATHER, CLYDE
2nd Narrator - BRENDA, MOTHER, SONIA
3rd Narrator - VALERIE, MYRA, JESSIE
4th Narrator - RUDOLPH, OFFSTAGE VOICE, PRISONER, EJ

Cast, with doubling, consistes of one white male, one black male, one black female, and one white female.

  • Time Period 1960s
  • Setting Four stories set in the 60's. The set is a bare stage with a cloth backdrop.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)

Music

  • Vocal DemandsEasy

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $55 per performance
    $90 with other plays in collection

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Steve Friedman

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