Frances Drake: Abolition and Women's Rights in 1850 Theater & Media Arts
PROGRAMS

PROGRAMS

Frances Drake: Abolition and Women's Rights in 1850

Artist: Nancy Bell
Type: Performance|Remote
Art Form: Theater & Media Arts|History, Math, Science
Grade Level: 4-8
Scheduling Request

The local abolitionist and champion of women's suffrage steps out of the pages of history and into your classroom to tell her story. Included are tales of William Lloyd Garrison, the Underground Railroad, and the challenges of fighting for freedom for all as a woman with limited rights and power in a provincial community.

Program available in person, or live online.

Length: 45 minutes
Audience Limit: 300
Curriculum Connection: American History, Civil Rights, Massachusetts History, Social Studies, Women's History

Single Performance: $600
Additional Performances: $480
Travel: $50 per day
Pricing may vary for weekends/out-of-school time
Processing Fee of $30 added to all contracts

Live Online

School sets up link for remote meeting and makes the artist a co-host. Screen share must be enabled. Artist may need to sign on 20-30 minutes prior to the meeting to check sound levels. A representative from the school must be on the call to facilitate Q+A and mute students as needed. Please introduce the performer as an Arts for Learning Massachusetts artist.

 

In-Person

Provisions:

  • 1 reserved parking space
  • 6x8 foot performance space, however larger is better
  • If there is a sound system required by the venue, Nancy will bring her own radio mic, but will need use of venue/school’s speakers.

Arrival time before performance: 60 minutes

Strike time: 30 minutes

Time needed between performances: 15 minutes.

Teachers should play an active role in ensuring appropriate audience behavior and are requested to sit with their classes. Teachers are further requested not to correct papers during the program. It is distracting to the performers and, we believe, gives students the wrong message about audience courtesy.

Please introduce the performer as an Arts for Learning Massachusetts artist.

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