The world premiere production of Joanna Castle Miller’s play about fugitive slave Harriet Jacobs’s relentless efforts to tell her own story.
The Storehouse is based on the real-life interactions between the writers Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) and Harriet Jacobs (Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl). Attempting to become the first fugitive enslaved woman to publish her story by her own hand, Harriet Jacobs approaches the world-famous Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe for her help, and the result alters both of their lives and legacies forever. This play explores the structural forces that prevent people from telling their own stories and what is required of writers who create from a place of privilege.
All tickets are general admission.
Regular price: $34
Senior discount: $28
Student discount: $24
2023/03/10 - 2023/03/25
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On Sunday, March 12, playwright Joanna Castle Miller will discuss her play with the audience after the performance.
On Sunday, March 19, Dr. Sylvea Hollis, a professor of African American history at Montgomery College, will lead a discussion about the play's historical context after the performance.
Silver Spring Black Box Theatre
8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20911