By William Wells Brown
REV-elations Series curated by Sadie Berlin
A co-production with b current Performing Arts
Reading directed by Jordan Laffrenier

Series Description:
REV-elations brings to light older and rarer plays by Black playwrights for audiences to discover. Spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, these plays were created by writers from Martinique, Canada and the Deep South.

Play Description:
Hilarious, disturbing and perspicacious, The Escape recounts the trials and tribulations of slaves seeking freedom in Canada. Verve and confidence shine through every bit of William Wells Brown’s extraordinary and largely autobiographical play. In his introduction to the piece, Brown concluded: “The play, no doubt, abounds in defects, but as I was born in slavery, and never had a day’s schooling in my life, I owe the public no apology for errors.”

This reading includes strong offensive language.

House Program:  REV-elations!