Flying West
“Pearl Cleage’s FLYIN’ WEST…[is] a real crowed pleasure, and its characters have humor and vitality…Cleage [is] a natural-born storyteller…” —Washington Post.
This production runs from April 4-6, 2025
Fri and Sat 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Sun 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Purchase tickets below.*
Event Details
Following the end of the Civil War, many former slaves, anxious to leave the South and the increasing disappointments and dangers of Reconstruction, took advantage of The Homestead Act and went West to build new lives for themselves and their families. Many of these homesteaders were black women who overcame tremendous odds to work their land and make a place for themselves in an often harsh and forbidding environment. Set in 1898, FLYIN’ WEST is the story of some of these African-American female pioneers who settled together in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.
*Tickets are free for PGCC faculty, staff members, and students.
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Blackbox
Center for Performing Arts
Prince George's Community College
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD 20774
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