|
Plays in Place: The Kittie Knox Plays
(co-produced and co-written by former Mount Auburn AiR Patrick Gabridge)
Locations & Dates
· Cambridge Crossing, East Cambridge, September 13
· Eustis Estate Museum & Study Center, Milton, September 20
· Herter Park, Boston, September 27
Kittie Knox was a young biracial cyclist who fought against race-based limitations in America’s post-Reconstruction reaction against Black advancement. During her cycling career (1893 – 1899), she became a well-known century (100-mile) rider, protested the League of American Wheelmen’s color bar, and refused to conform to conventions about “lady-like” speed and fashion while cycling. The plays chronicle the dramatic story of a turbulent time in America’s history, with lessons for today’s struggle for racial and gender equality and justice.
See Kittie’s story brought to life in a trilogy of plays performed outdoors (with bikes!) at three different locations in the greater Boston area. These unique productions will take place at a new outdoor space each weekend during September.
|
