FORD'S THEATRE
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Dear Teachers, As you read this, you are almost certainly teaching again, whether in a physical or virtual classroom, or both. We are hardly the first to say that this year is unlike any we have known, but it's true for us, too. Amidst multiple pandemics, we are confronting legacies of white supremacy, public health and climate disruption that are changing our world. A colleague shared an essay by Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy. Towards the end (and in this video), she describes the pandemic as a portal to the next world, as many have been historically, saying that as a society, we must decide what we will leave behind and what we will take with us to this new world. It has us thinking about what Ford's Education looks like in this new world, and what we are bringing with us. Everything you have come to expect from Ford's Edu will still happen - just virtually. Through virtual field trips and history programs, play readings, an expanded oratory festival (the Lincoln Online Oratory Program), and special virtual gatherings for teacher learning, we're here for you. And we continue to build new resources-including self-directed activities for students that you can directly assign, whether in the classroom or for students at home. If you don't see what you need or you have an idea, reach out. We want to hear from you. We''ll get through this together. Sending virtual wishes for strength this September, Sarah, Jake, Cynthia, Alex, David and Tamekia
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Sit tight. Ford's is coming to you. Using live videoconferencing, students and history lovers of all ages engage with primary source images and Ford's Theatre Education staff in our interactive Virtual Field Trips. Request a private session for your class or register for one of our open sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. |
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 Photo by Gary Erskine. |
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Help Detective McDevitt Investigate the Assassination of President Lincoln |
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|  Photo courtesy of Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. |
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Explore Ford's Theatre, Washington during the Civil War, and the Assassination of President Lincoln |
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| Reacting to Lincoln's Assassination |
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 Photo by Gary Erskine. |
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Dive into Primary Sources and Learn How People Felt after the Death of President Lincoln |
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Lincoln Online Oratory Project
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| Learn a Historical Speech for Performance |
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This year, the local Ford's Oratory Festival and the Lincoln Online Oratory Project are joining forces to offer our first ever all-virtual oratory program! Classrooms will receive five free virtual visits to work with a Ford's teaching artist to learn a historical speech for performance. To culminate the project, classrooms record students performing a speech to send to Ford's. We'll add the videos to our oratory playlist on Ford's YouTube channel. Let great words from our history inspire you and your students during this difficult time. |
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Virtual Game Night for Teachers
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| Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT |
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Our annual Back to School Night is online this year. Pour a beverage of your choice and join teachers from across the country to play virtual games and learn how we are here to support you and your students this year. Presented by the Civil War Washington Consortium: Ford's Theatre, President Lincoln's Cottage, Tudor Place Historic House and Gardens, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and National Mall and Memorial Parks. |
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 Photo by Maxwell McKenzie |
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| Host Your Next Class in Historic Style |
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Download our virtual backgrounds and deliver your next virtual class from the theatre. Share a background with your students so they can perform on stage at Ford's Theatre. |
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 Jonathan David Martin and Laura C. Harris in "Silent Sky." Photo by Scott Suchman. |
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| Up Next: Intimate Apparel on Sept. 17 |
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In July, we launched a live monthly virtual play reading series. Previous readings featured Silent Sky and Necessary Sacrifices. Our fall schedule includes Intimate Apparel,by Lynn Nottage on September 17 at 4:00 p.m. EDT.?You can watch the readings on our website, Facebook Live, YouTube or Twitter. Recordings are available for up to four days after the event. |
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NEW - Lincoln Legacy Commissions
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Commissions to Focus on BIPOC Figures in History |
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In addition to the three on-stage productions, Ford's will commission five or more BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) playwrights to write new works about figures in history. |
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Revised Spring Season Focuses on Civil Rights Icons
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A Three-Play Journey from the Civil War to Civil Rights
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The power of theatre lies in the stories it tells to the community it gathers. Though Ford's Theatre remains closed, as we plan for the future, we are committed to using our power to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, hope, inspiration, joy and healing. We must not let this tremendous moment of challenge be forgotten, and we dedicate ourselves and our creative voices to the movement for racial justice and efforts to dismantle white supremacy. We hope our revised 2020-2021 season is a reflection of those values and priorities. |
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 Photo of Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial. Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania: Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs. |
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| My Lord, What a NightBy Deborah Brevoort; Directed by Sheldon EppsDates to Be Announced |
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After performing in Princeton, New Jersey, acclaimed contralto Marian Anderson is denied lodging at the Nassau Inn because she is Black. Physicist Albert Einstein invites her to stay at his home, and the two form a profound friendship based on their love for music and their commitment to human rights. Based on true events, My Lord, What a Night takes us into Einstein's home and imagines the conversations and circumstances that led to Anderson's historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Ford's Senior Artistic Advisor Sheldon Epps (Twelve Angry Men) returns to direct Felicia Curry as Marian Anderson, Christopher Bloch as Albert Einstein and Michael Russotto as Abraham Flexner in this remarkable new play about courage, justice and our shared humanity. |
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 Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for an end to racism. |
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| The MountaintopBy Katori HallDates to Be Announced |
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A gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people. KenYatta Rogers plays King with Shannon Dorsey as Camae. |
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 Photos of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass courtesy of the Library of Congress. |
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| Necessary SacrificesBy Richard Hellesen; Directed by Psalmayene 24Dates to Be Announced |
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In his fourth commission for Ford's Theatre, playwright Richard Hellesen explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis. During the summers of 1863 and 1864, Douglass challenges Lincoln to use his power as president to bring truth to America's founding ideal that "all men are created equal." Psalmayene 24 makes his Ford's debut directing Craig Wallace as Douglass. Hellesen's previous works for Ford's Theatre include One Destiny, Investigation: Detective McDevitt and The Road from Appomattox, three gripping and insightful explorations of critical moments in Civil War history. |
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