Kent State Performing Arts Center

Presents

 

Freedom Bound

 

Friday, February 10, 2012

 

1 p.m.

 

Suggested grade level 3rd -8th , but all ages welcome.

 

Free to QDA students, parents and families

 

Supported through Title One Funds

 

Reading activity packet provided for parents and students

 

Freedom Bound is an original play with music that tells the tale of the most important incident in the history of the Underground Railroad in Ohio. The show follows the story of Addison White, a slave who escaped from Kentucky and traveled the Railroad north to the small town of Mechanicsburg. There, he was befriended by a farmer, Udney Hyde. He lived in Hyde’s barn. He worked for his meals by day and learned to read and write with the help of Hyde’s daughter, Amanda, by night. Hyde was a suspected abolitionist. It was not long before Addison was discovered. Federal marshals surrounded Hyde’s cabin in the middle of the night. They were prepared to arrest Addison and return him to slavery, but over 100 citizens from Mechanicsburg confronted the marshals and demanded that they set Addison free. Freedom Bound uses drama and music, as well as riddles and rhyme, to createcharacters that emerge from the past and bring the Underground Railroad to life.

 

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Contact Information:

Beth Powley
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