The Reviews Are In: HAVING OUR SAY "provides panoramic yet deeply personal eyewitness view of Black experience"
--NJ ARTS MAVEN Ruth Ross
Having Our Say
by Emily Mann
The story of two pioneering sisters who share their family stories, taking us through a century of American history and sweeping social change, from slavery to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s and beyond.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
10am Matinees: Thursday, June 11 and June 18
7:30pm performances: Friday, Saturday, June 12-13, June 19-20
2pm performances: Sunday, June 14 and June 21
DMK Theatre, 1980 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ
General admission $35 / Seniors $28 / Students: $20
Senior Sunday, June 14: $23 (62+)
PAY WHAT YOU CAN: Second Friday, June 19
Audio-description is available Friday, June 12 for low vision patrons
GROUP SALES -- Call 908 809-8865
10 or more -- $20 per person
A limited number of free tickets are available for student groups
Emily Mann’s hit play is based on the book Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, a New York Times bestseller compiled by Amy Hill Hearth containing the oral history of Sarah “Sadie” L. Delany and A. Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany.
At 104 and 102 years old, Sadie and Bessie Delany gained international recognition when their book, Having Our Say, spent six months on the best-seller lists. Their recounting of family stories about the changes witnessed by their family – from slavery through the close of the 20th century – vividly recalls the ongoing fight for racial equality in the United States.
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HAVING OUR SAY is made possible in part by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and by the generosity of our many sponsors and donors, especially Ms. Stephanie Fein.
