Welcome to Governors State University in Chicago's Southland

Presented by GovState Theatre and Performance Studies

Written and Created by Dr. Quenna L. Barrett

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 7:30PM
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 7:30PM
Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2PM

Tickets: $15

Students: $10

General Admission

Performed in Sherman Hall

What happens when a class of young folx of color take a trip to 1776?

A collage of time and space, a blend of character and self — the ensemble of Re-Writing the Declaration exists in both today and yesterday in order to change tomorrow. Believing that the founding fathers and documents never intended to include us, we consider the impacts of that founding on our lives today & realize it’s time to re-write the Declaration of Independence. On this journey, we visit some troubling moments in our collective past, while celebrating Blackness on the path towards freedom.

Catalyzed by the Movement for Black Lives, Re-Writing the Declaration is a devised, participatory play inviting audiences to center Black women, and femmes, non-binary, and trans folx of color, in order to free us all.