FREEDOM TRAIN
Freedom Train
The Courage of Mandy Kate Brown
By Kate Emery Pogue
With doubling: 4m, 4w, plus ensemble to play various small roles
(Four actors are African-American and four Caucasian, two women and two men in each group.)
Number of script pages:56
When Mandy Kate, a young slave girl, overhears a threat to sell her brother-in-law Robert, she rushes to warn her sister Sarah. The family plans to escape together, but Mandy Kate is inadvertently left behind when trying to help another slave, Old Job. Together the old man and young girl must set off on their own. They disguise themselvesOld Job as a woman (Josephine) and Mandy Kate as a boy (Abe)and are initially helped by a clever country boy and his eccentric elderly aunt. Mandy Kate and Old Job are later guided through several stops on the Underground Railroad and endure a hair-raising chase. Finally, the two summon up the courage to cross a dangerous bridge to the safety of Canada. An ensemble singing Negro spirituals adds haunting, poetic beauty to this gripping tale of reaching for freedom. Ideal for Black History month observances. Full evening.
#1994 - Freedom Train
The Courage of Mandy Kate Brown
By Kate Emery Pogue
With doubling: 4m, 4w, plus ensemble to play various small roles
(Four actors are African-American and four Caucasian, two women and two men in each group.)
Number of script pages:56
When Mandy Kate, a young slave girl, overhears a threat to sell her brother-in-law Robert, she rushes to warn her sister Sarah. The family plans to escape together, but Mandy Kate is inadvertently left behind when trying to help another slave, Old Job. Together the old man and young girl must set off on their own. They disguise themselvesOld Job as a woman (Josephine) and Mandy Kate as a boy (Abe)and are initially helped by a clever country boy and his eccentric elderly aunt. Mandy Kate and Old Job are later guided through several stops on the Underground Railroad and endure a hair-raising chase. Finally, the two summon up the courage to cross a dangerous bridge to the safety of Canada. An ensemble singing Negro spirituals adds haunting, poetic beauty to this gripping tale of reaching for freedom. Ideal for Black History month observances. Full evening.
#1994 - Freedom Train
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