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Feb 23, 2024 · Running time: 2 hours. Tickets: $29.50-$49.50 at 773-654-3103 and americanbluestheater.com. This play is about a meeting between brothers formerly enslaved by Thomas Jefferson, and is a good deal...
Mar 24, 2024 · A play by Charles Smith about the son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings reclaiming his birthright at Monticello in 1866. See the cast, schedule, reviews, and community service of this Chicago premiere.
Feb 28, 2024 · 'The Reclamation of Madison Hemings' When: Through March 24. Where: American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $25 - $65. Info: americanbluestheater.com. Run-time: 2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission. “Reclamation” unfolds over five days in mid-November, 1866 — roughly 19 months after the end of the Civil War.
The Reclamation Of Madison Hemings. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1866, and the Civil War has ended. Madison Hemings, son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and Israel Jefferson, formerly enslaved...
Feb 27, 2024 · The Reclamation of Madison Hemings, taking place over five days, is a revelation of Civil War era and slavery history. The playwright was able to do research on the play’s two characters and events of their lives because interviews with both men were published in the 1870s in the Pike County Republican, the local newspaper in their Ohio ...
Mar 27, 2022 · A play about Madison Hemings, a freed slave who returns to Monticello after the Civil War. The play explores her quest for freedom, identity and justice in the face of racism and oppression.
When slavery was abolished his life went on, and these two men were friends, Madison granting Israel several acres of land in Ohio, where they had moved." Read Full Review. -Alan Bresloff. Chicago Theatre Review- Recommended. "...Two middle-aged African-American men journey to Monticello in 1866.
