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Event NameTheatreWorks - "FREEDOM TRAIN"
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Event Short NameTheatreWorks - "FREEDOM TRAIN"
Event Short DescCurriculum Connections: Communication and Language Arts, Music, Relationships & Family, Social Studies.
Time: 60 minutes
Event Full DescHarriet Tubman was born a slave, but when she was 25 she made her perilous escape from a Maryland plantation, leaving her family behind. Pursued by dogs and relentless slave catchers, she followed an escape route laid out by Quakers -- secret hiding places in churches, barns, cellars and homes.

The escape route that Harriet followed soon became known as the Underground Railroad, and she quickly became one of its most celebrated 'conductors.' Up creek beds, through swamps, over hills in the dark of night, on 19 secret trips Harriet Tubman guided more than 300 slaves, including her aged parents, to freedom. "I never run my train off the track," she said, "and I never lost a passenger."

Freedom Train tells the thrilling story of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, in a fascinating series of highly theatrical scenes that use dance, dialogue, and music of the period. Songs include "Follow the Drinking Gourd," "Steal Away," "Wade in the Water," "Good News, the Chariot's A-comin'," and many others still sung today. Freedom Train is the story of self-sacrifice, dedication and survival, laced with warmth and a sense of humor that celebrates the human spirit -- a universal story for all.
Opening01/19/2018
Opening Time10:00 am
Closing Time11:30 am
External Web Sitehttp://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/studyguide/studyguide_1422.pdf
Contact E-Mailjean_oliverio@caboces.org
Public NotesThere will be (1) show at 10am for Grades 4-5
Event Id17
Added BySara Benjamin
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Entry Date10/23/2017 11:27:31
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