The Frances Project

02/02/2021

Frances Harper's 1887 poem "Save the Boys" is the inspiration for Tyshawn Sorey's new Opera Philadelphia work, which debuts Feb 12. You can watch on the excellent Opera Philadelphia Channel.

The premiere of Tyshawn Sorey's Save the Boys, featuring John Holiday and Grant Loehnig

08/31/2020

A monument to the necessity and purpose of activism. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the history of .

The dedication aligned with the anniversaries of the 15th Amendment and 19th Amendment.

08/19/2020

Today, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, we celebrate all the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked for. And we're glad to share "Parallel Lives in the Fight for Suffrage," a produced by Eden Cemetery and The Woodlands.

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08/09/2020

What can we learn about the conflicted history between 1870, when the 15th Amendment was ratified, and 1920, when the 19th was ratified? What does this difficult history tell us about ?

Join us Wednesday Aug 12 for an afternoon session! Register via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-gathering-at-the-crossroads-for-such-a-time-as-this-tickets-113555351112

08/02/2020

What's the point of historical fiction? To illuminate the past or the present? Or both? Or neither? Join us Wednesday August 5 6-8PM for an enthralling conversation about Black history, theater, and the role of the playwright. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-art-making-history-playwrights-on-adapting-black-history-tickets-113550859678 Register via Eventbrite and a Zoom link will be sent.

5 contemporary playwrights and directors present their work of historic fiction and discuss the work of adapting history for the stage.

07/16/2020

Check out the website for the play The Frederick Douglass Project. The play's dramaturg, Rex Daugherty, will join us on August 5, for a lively conversation about adapting Black history for the stage.

For the first time in DC history,  Solas Nua brought a theatre production to The Yard's Marina. Situated on the Anacostia River, this site-specific play  overlooked Douglass' historic home at Cedar Hill. 

06/18/2020

Thank you to Peter Crimmins of WHYY News for covering the premiere of "Mr. DuBois: A Myth" by Momo St. Clair.

An online staged reading of “Mr. DuBois: a Myth” brings 19th-century activism to life.

06/03/2020

"In advocating the cause of the colored man, since the Dred Scott decision, I have sometimes said I thought the nation had touched bottom. But let me tell you there is a depth of infamy lower than that." Frances Harper spoke the truth in 1866 and all her life. Here she is, along with newspaper editor and abolitionist William Howard Day, being sculpted for the Commonwealth Monument Project, in Harrisburg.

04/23/2020

Inside look at the latest on the Commonwealth Monument Project's sculpture. Here is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper by sculptor Becky Ault. In progress.

03/12/2020

The Frances Project celebrates the Commonwealth Monument Project (our parent!), nearing completion of a sculpture to be installed in Harrisburg on . That's Frances Harper in the image and model handing back the 15th Amendment, saying it's not good enough! http://monumentpaus.com/index.html

03/06/2020

An honor for Frances Ellen Watkins Harper to be included in Philadelphia's project, along with 19 other powerful women who changed our world. The woodburn is by artist Monica O (IG: ). More on this inspiring project: https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/guide-to-the-sisterlylove-project-street-art-exhibit-in-philadelphia/?utm_source=VisitPhillyEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VPE_MarchSisterly2020&utm_content=StreetArtTrail -ellen-watkins-harper-wood-burn