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Show Way The Musical
April 18 | 10:00 am
Illustration by Hudson Talbott © 2005
A World Premiere Kennedy Center Commission|
By Jacqueline Woodson
Adapted from her book Show Way, illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Music and Lyrics by Tyrone L. Robinson
Choreographed by Tiffany Quinn
Music Directed by Tiffany Underwood Holmes
Directed by Schele Williams
Created by Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour, Washington, DC
Follow the stitches of a family’s lineage.
Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She began to stitch a Show Way, a quilt with secret meanings to show enslaved people the way to freedom. As each generation passes, the Show Way shines a light on the past and paves a road to the future, stitching together possibility and promise.
Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Jacqueline Woodson’s Show Way, an award-winning story of history, love, and resilience, becomes a world premiere stage adaptation directed by Schele Williams with new music by Tyrone L. Robinson. This moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women in Woodson’s own family whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters’ lives over seven generations.
SHOWTIME:
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 10am
RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades 4-12
STUDY GUIDE: Click HERE for printable pdf
LOCATION: Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
RUN TIME: Approximately 60 minutes
FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact the Box Office at
theschaefercenter@appstate.edu / 800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046
TICKETS FOR GROUPS OF 25 OR MORE PEOPLE
$3/person
TICKETS FOR GROUPS OF FEWER THAN 25 PEOPLE
$5/person
ABOUT KENNEDY CENTER THEATER FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES ON TOUR
Since 1992, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour has been a leader in bringing imaginative and original works to communities around the nation. Throughout the program’s history, 44 tours have played in hundreds of cities in 49 states as well as parts of Canada. More than two million children, teachers, and parents have been part of these audiences. Many of the students who see these productions may never have the chance to visit the nation’s performing arts center, but could still experience the professionalism and talent that has become the trademark of Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences.
(l-r): Danyel Fulton, Emmanuel Elliot Key, Theresa Cunningham, Avia Fields, and Angela Birchett. Photo by Kyle Schick for Elman Studio
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APPlause! Sponsors
The APPlause! 2023-24 season has been generously supported by a grant from the
JAMES G. HANES MEMORIAL FUND
and
individual support from
SUE AND STEVE CHASE
and
sustaining support provided by the
CHRISTINE PETTI OPPORTUNITY FUND
CHRISTINE PETTI OPPORTUNITY FUND
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