| Oklahoma’s Soulful Stories: Building Community by Affirming the Past and Empowering the Future |
Date: Thursday – October, 25 2018 Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room: Carpenter Square Theatre Track: Community Development |
For more than 20 years, Rhythmically Speaking—an Oklahoma City-based theater and storytelling company—has researched, scripted, and produced original productions chronicling black history in Oklahoma. These “soulful stories” have served to validate and build awareness of the important contributions of black Oklahomans to the history of the state. Stories that have been presented by Rhythmically Speaking include “Sweet Biscuits: Thirteen Remaining Black Towns of Oklahoma,” “Boley Bank Robbery,” “Clara Luper,” “W.J. Edwards,” “Nothing But Mercy,” “John Hope Franklin,” “Tulsa Race Riot,” “Swingin’ and Singing on the Duece,” “Douglass High School Class of 1966,” “Pride on the Eastside,” “Queens of Education,” and “Hannah Diggs Atkins.” This session will explore the contributions of Hannah Diggs Atkins and open discussion on how and why her “soulful story” is a community builder. Participants will learn basic techniques for researching, writing, and producing a history-based performance.
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