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Philadelphia’s African Baptist Church, 1832: a mother and daughter guard the grave of their husband and father to deter resurrectionists from pillaging it for science. Today, on the same grounds: another mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a summer camp. Timelines collide, reminding us to find joy in our present even as we exhume the buried past. The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) is a comedic and resonant play about our nation’s long practice of harming Black bodies in the name of scientific progress, our responsibility to time, and the role joy plays in living with a history we cannot change.
Join us for March On! Health: The Great Privation, a post-show panel discussion about the play’s themes and their connection to contemporary health issues.
We are excited to partner on these events with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, which produces courageous and invigorating new work to radically redefine theatre as a catalyst for an equitable, creative, and engaged society.