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Young People’s Theatre is pleased to present The Power of Harriet T! by award-winning Toronto
playwright Michael Miller. Directed by Tanisha Taitt, this beautiful story of courage and determination opens on Thursday, February 7 and runs to February 22, with previews beginning on February 4, 2013.
The Power of Harriet T! is the powerful, true story of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom and inspired hope for thousands more. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1820, Harriet escaped to freedom at the age of 29. Not content just to be free, she risked her newfound liberty again and again to lead more than 300 enslaved people to freedom in the Northern States and Canada. Playwright Michael Miller (Touch the Sky) uses fact, speculation, and deft theatricality to tell the riveting story of the Underground Railroad’s most famous “conductor”.
Directed by Tanisha Taitt. Featuring Michael Blake, Hannah Cheesman, Matthew Owen Murray, Oyin Oladejo and Dienye Waboso.
Set Designer: Kimberly Purtell; Costume Designer: Tamara Marie Kucheran; Lighting Designer: Rebecca Picherack; Music Director/Original Music/Sound Designer: Alejandra Nunez; Assistant Director: Karen Gilodo; Movement Consultant: Thomas Morgan Jones; Stage Manager: Andrea Schurman.
Michael A. Miller has created a diverse range of plays for audiences of all ages. Michael has been the playwright-in-residence at both Young People’s Theatre and Factory Theatre. For two seasons he was the coordinator of the CrossCurrents Festival whose mission was to bring works by writers of colour to the mainstage. He has been the artistic director of Theatre Fountainhead and the administrator for Obsidian Theatre Company that, under his direction, produced the highly-acclaimed premiere of The Adventures of A Black Girl in Search of God. He has won the prestigious Chalmers Canadian Play Award for excellence in playwriting, and been nominated for outstanding work by the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
The Power of Harriet T!
BY MICHAEL MILLER
RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 8-15
MAINSTAGE | FEB. 4-22, 2013
Community Opening: 7PM
Performances: Feb. 4, 5 @ 10:15 AM | Feb. 6 @ 1PM | Feb. 7 @ 1PM & 7PM | Sat. Feb. 9 & Sun. Feb. 10 @ 2PM | Feb. 11, 12, 13, 14 @ 10:15 AM & 1PM | Sun. Feb. 17 @ 2PM | Feb. 18 (Family Day) @ 2PM | Feb. 19, 20, 21 & 22 @ 10:15 AM & 1PM
Full performance schedule at http://youngpeoplestheatre.ca/en/current/calendar_harriet.cfm
Young People’s Theatre | 165 Front Street East, Toronto
Tickets: $15-$20 + HST & service charges | Online: youngpeoplestheatre.ca
Box Office: 416.862.2222 | For more information visit youngpeoplestheatre.ca
Photo: Ngozi Paul. © 2011 Daniel Alexander.
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Toronto: YPT celebrates Black History Month with “The Power of Harriet T!” February 7-22