Exodus: Dreams of the Promised Land in Anbtebellum America

Sat 5 Apr, 6-7:30 pm. 54 Pearl Street, New York, 10004. Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, (646) 470-1837. $25+. Salon/Sanctuary Concerts - [website][email][events]

The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble with actors Rosalyn Coleman Williams, Jennifer Rau, and Reg E. Cathey Erica Gould, Script and Stage Direction Jessica Gould, Program Concept and Dramaturgy Please join us for a moving and joyous celebration of the struggle for freedom and triumph over adversity through theatre and music. The enduring power of liberation imagery in the early American consciousness comes to life through works by William Billings (1746 – 1800), Stephen Jenks (1772 – 1856), early spirituals and Shaker hymns performed with historical texts selected from abolitionist writings and slave narratives, including selections from Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave. Fraunces Tavern, the first site of the American government, sets the stage for starkly