More Than 50 Readings of Now Let Me Fly Scheduled Across the Nation

Thank you to all who have done play readings of Now Let Me Fly! Your enthusiasm and dedication has made A NATION ACTS a great success. Now Let Me Fly, including youth versions, is still available at http://anationacts.brownvboard.org/. Consider using this moving and educational play during our 50th anniversary year or in February for Black History Month.

April 2004:

• Kansas — McPherson
  Miller Library, McPherson College
• Minnesota — Minneapolis
  Convention Center: American Association of Community Colleges
• Missouri — Nevada
  Cottey College Center for Women's Leadership
• Texas — Seguin
  Black Student Union, Texas Lutheran University
• New York — New York
  Association of Bar of City of New York Civil Rights Committee
• West Virginia — Thomas
  Valley Ridge Theatre

May 17, 2004

• Alabama State University, Montgomery
  National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture
• Connecticut — Middletown
  SERC (Special Education Resource Center)
• California — North Hollywood
  5th Grade at Toluca Lake Elementary School
• Florida — Tampa
  8th Grade Class, Progress Village Middle Magnet School
• Florida — West Palm Beach
  Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Community Alliance for Reform in Education
• Georgia — Jesup
  Bennett Union Missionary Baptist Church
• Colorado — Greeley
  Weld County Bar Association at Courthouse
• Georgia — Atlanta
  Speakwrite, Inc., at The APEX Museum. Artwork of Dr. Lee Ransaw and "With All Deliberate Speed: The Legacy of Brown."
• Hawaii — Pearl Harbor
• Illinois — Elgin Community College
• Indiana — Greencastle
  Local NAACP, Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church
• Kansas — Independence
  Inge Theatre, Independence Community College
• Kansas — Topeka
  Topeka Performing Arts Center, Brown Foundation/Washburn University for the 50th Anniversary Commemoration
• Kentucky — Louisville
  Playhouse Theatre, African American Theatre Program
• Massachusetts — Cambridge
  K-8 Elementary School
• North Carolina — Burlington
  Broadview Middle School
• Nebraska — Omaha
  Metropolitan Community College
• New York — Kingston
  Private residence
• Ohio — Cleveland & Cleveland Heights
  Kulture Kids, Dobama Theater
• Ohio — Toledo
  New Works Writers Series, with the Fredrick Douglass Community Center for local youth
• Ohio State University — Columbus
  Drake Performance Center, Lawrence & Lee Theatre Research Institute, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Hit-the-Ground-Running Theatre Company
• South Carolina — Columbia & Kingstree
  Williamsburg Technical College
• Oregon — Portland
  Associated Students of Portland Community College, Sylvania, with PBS shows Road to Brown and Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
• Pennsylvania — Bethlehem
  Grace Deliverance Baptist Church, Moravian College/Theological Seminary, Good Schools of Pennsylvania
• Tennessee — Memphis
  The Pierian Society Read-In, Southwest Tennessee Community College
• Texas — Houston
  The Rothko Chapel
• Washington, D.C.
  St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

May 2004

• New York — Alfred
  Nevins Theatre in Powell Campus Center at Bandstand
• Kansas — Topeka
  Capital City School
• Maryland — Baltimore
  Student Government Association, West Baltimore Middle School
• Massachusetts — Manchester
  Essex Regional High School
• Ohio — Dayton
  University of Dayton School of Law with Central State University and National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
• Illinois — Carbondale
  Local NAACP, Civic Center
• Pennsylvania — Philadelphia
  National Constitution Center
• Colorado — Carbondale
  Youth version live on KDNK 90.5 and 88.3 FM
• California — San Diego
  Muirlands Middle School

July 2004

• Washington, D.C.
  Academy of Hope -- Assisting adult learners in preparing for the GED and basic skills. We finished with a dramatic reading of this play. It was a wonderful learning tool, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.
• Virginia — Charlottesville
  J.P. Burley Middle School QCC, Presence, African American Cultural Arts Festival

October 2004

• Louisiana — New Orleans
  Lower Depths Theatre, Loyola University Department of Drama and Speech
• California — Los Angeles
  Office of Student Life, 1600 Campus Road

November 2004

• Maryland — St. Mary's City
  St. Mary's College

"The actors... really felt the presence of the characters they portrayed!"
from Bethlehem, PA

"It brought the black and white community out together in a way that I have not seen it since I have been here."
from Greencastle, IN