Joyce Van Dyke’s “Representation And How To Get It”
Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. The suffragist and human rights activist has some questions for her audience – then and now. Why did her own great-grandfather exclude her from the Declaration of Independence? Why don’t women have the right to pursue happiness too? What happens to your soul when you don’t have representation? As she rehearses “Representation And How To Get It” – a talk she’s about to give to the Boston Radical Club – she sees a vision of an America greater than the one presented by the Founding Fathers, and gives a prescient warning about the growing political crisis that threatens our democracy today. And what, Julia asks, are we doing about it?
Directed by Judy Braha with Elaine Vaan Hogue as Julia Ward Howe.
https://www.representationtheplay.com/
Performance is at 2pm followed by a conversation with the artists and a reception.
$20 Suggested Donation. Students/Children are Free