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STANDARD TICKETS: Adults $24; Seniors, Military, Student $21
MEMBER TICKETS: Adults $22; Seniors, Military, Student $19 a member is any person who has made a donation of $25 or more to Spotlighters Theatre in the past 12 months! Performances contain Adult Language and References. Contains discussion of Systemic Racism. There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level. Run Time: 2 hours & 25 mins with Intermission
SPECIAL EVENTS
Opening Night Reception: July 14, 2023 Join the Cast & Director for a post-show reception Talk Back with Director & Cast, Sun, July 16, 2023 immediately following the matinee performance Ten Spot Thursday: Thur, July 20, 2023 - 8:00pm All Tickets Just $10.00 |
What Was Done
a first production of a new play by Jack L. B. Gohn directed by Barry Feinstein produced by Miriam Bazensky, Baltimore Playwrights Festival in collaboration with Spotlighters Theatre Performances: July 14 - July 23, 2023 Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pm It’s 1978, in rural Maryland. Deirdre, a White historian working on grant money to complete a dissertation on lynchings in the state, is killing two birds with one stone, visiting farmland where the last Maryland lynching happened (in 1933) and stopping by her Uncle Selby’s home. An anomaly in the tax records of the farmland sets her on the trail of what really happened in the lynching, a story that reaches back to the 1840s and forward to 1978, and will turn out to involve Deirdre’s uncle, her uncle’s in-laws, Deirdre’s Black civil rights worker boyfriend, and their 14-year-old son. The story of endemic racism, once uncovered, will force the characters to make momentous decisions regarding allegiances, attitudes, and (it is implied) the politics of this present day. A New work by a local Baltimore Playwright. 
A Very Interesting article about Black Land Ownership and how many Black Americans lost their land ... CLICK HERE
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Creative/Design Team
Director - Barry Feinstein Stage Manager - Herb Otter Lighting Designers - Jen Sizer Set Designer/Scenic Artist - Rob Brooks Audio Designer - Aidan Deighan Costume Coordinator - April Forrer Producer/BPF - Miriam Bazensky |
Cast
Deirdre Hawkins ---- Jessica Rota Mike Pumphrey ---- Richard Peck Selby Kelton ---- John Covaleski Hunter Weeks Kelton ---- Hilary Mazer Dracey Weeks ---- Gareth Kelly Kibuka Hawkins ---- Ja'kai Viera Alex Hawkins ---- Pierre Walters Vocalist ---- Sharon Carter Brown |
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Photo Credits: Spotlighters Theatre / machpe Photography; https://www.machpe.com/
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Poster Design by Mark Wallace
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