Philadelphia's Off-Broadway Experience

Iron Age Theatre
and The Norristown NAACP Youth Council.
Present

Juneteenth
A Celebration of Black History In Norristown
VIRTUAL TOUR Juneteenth 2011
Broken Hearts, Purchased Lives, Sacred Words
Episode 1: Slave Narrative: WL Bost

Travel to the Next Stop on the Tour: Mary Bell

Featuring Bob Weick
This is the First stop on the 2011 Tour. The Perfromance was located at the top of the steps on Hancock Square at the Montgomery Cunty Courthouse on DeKalb Street. The Audience walked past the Police Monument and up stone steps to meet the first character.
This fist monologue provided several important factors. Beginning with a white character, a non slave owner, who saw the slave sales and the treatment of slaves but was not a beneficiary of the trade, established a new perspective. Bost's dialogue is full of inappropriate language and yet as he speaks he realizes much about what he is saying.
The key points of the first monologue reflect the power of commerce to drive people to dehumanize the Africans , the separation of husbands and wives, and the palpable cruelty of the slave traders.


Event Sponsors: TD Bank, Norristown NAACP, Norristown Arts Council, Milligan and Co. LLC, Spotless Maintenance, H and H Realty, Bottom Dollar.
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Directed and Designed by John Doyle
Gallery of Juneteenth 2010 Images at FLIKR.COM
Meet the Creators of Juneteenth
The Youth Council Web Site


Take the Virtual Tour 2010
Choosing to Run or Stand Strong

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