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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

First Preview: Jan 4, 2018
Opening Date: Jan 10, 2018
Closing Date: Jan 20, 2018
Running Time: 01:40
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

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Playing @
West Park Presbyterian Church / The Center at West Park
165 West 86th Street, New York City, NY 10024
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom tells the moving, true story of one of the youngest participants in the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in 1965. 

Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lynda Blackmon Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. to secure the right to vote for African-Americans. 

This one-woman theater production stars the exciting actress/singer, Damaras Obi.  Singers from the Riverside Church Inspirational Choir will open the show on the Friday night, Saturday and Monday performances.

A powerful story about the ordinary people who made the civil rights movement succeed -- proof that anyone can make history, and no one is too young.
Off-Off BroadwayMusicalConcertPlay - DramaFamily
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 10
Audience Advisory: Performance at the Sanctuary Theater at the Center Two steps up to theater. Bathrooms located downstairs.

Performance Schedule

Wednesday, January 10, 11:00 AM
Thursday, January 11, 11:00 AM
Friday, January 12, 8:00 PM 
Saturday, January 13, 3:00 PM 
Monday, January 15, 5:00 PM - Special MLK Benefit Performance 
Wednesday, January 17, 10:00 AM
Thursday, January 18, 9:30 AM
Friday, January 19, 10:00 AM 
Friday, January 19, 8:00 PM 
Saturday, January 20, 3:00 and 8:00 PM


Written By
  • Lynda Blackmon Lowery Adaption by Ally Sheedy

Director
  • Ally Sheedy

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Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    None available
  • Elevator/Escalator

    None on Premises
  • Entrance

    Enter on West 86th Street
  • Restroom

    Restrooms are only accessable via stairways
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Visual Assistance

    None available
  • Wheelchair Info

    Venue is wheelchair accessible only through the sanctuary

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