On Her Shoulders

in association with New Perspectives Theatre Company and the New School for Drama presents a reading of a play by

Georgia Douglas Johnson

Directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke

On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a FREE staged reading of a play by Georgia Douglas Johnson, directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Doors open at 6:30pm. The Play in Context, which situates the script in its historical time and place, kicks off the evening at 6:45pm. The performance is at The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street.

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GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON was an early 20th-century African-American playwright, who is best known for her plays dealing with lynching.

ELIZABETH VAN DYKE is the founder and producer of GOING TO THE RIVER series at EST, which features new plays by women of color.

ON HER SHOULDERS was founded in 2012 to present rehearsed, staged readings of plays by women from across the spectrum of time, with contemporary dramaturgs contextualizing–and in some cases adapting–them for modern audiences. The program seeks to make it impossible to deny or ignore the 1,000-year great tradition and value of women’s contribution to the theatrical canon. OHS became a program of NPTC in August 2013.

NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY (NPTC) is an award-winning, multi-racial company now in its 25^th season. The Company’s mission is to develop and produce new plays and playwrights, especially women and people of color; to present classic plays in a style that addresses contemporary issues; and to extend the benefits of theatre to young people and communities in need. Our aim is not to exclude, but to cast a wider net.  www.nptnyc.org

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA: The creative home for the future of performing arts. Agile. Engaged. Innovative. Multi-disciplinary. The New School for Drama is home to a dynamic group of young directors, writers, actors, creative technologists, and award-winning faculty. With a core belief in rigorous creativity and collaborative learning, our programs embrace civic awareness across performance disciplines to create work imbued with professionalism, imagination and social context. For more information, please visitwww.newschool.edu/drama

The Play in Context, the dramaturgical and scholarly presentation component to the program, is sponsored in part by the League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit organization promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in theatre since 1982. www.theatrewomen.org