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Rise Up: The Struggle of the Freedom Riders at The Coterie Theatre

Dates: (9/17/2019 - 10/20/2019 )

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The Coterie Theatre

2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 144
Kansas City,MO 64108-2520

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Tickets: Adult $15 Child $12 Senior $12

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Rise Up:The Struggle of the Freedom Ridersby Lisa EvansDirected by Jeff ChurchTold from a modern-day perspective, four performers in 2019 tell the stories of the Freedom Riders principled citizens riding buses across Alabama and Mississippi in 1961.The tide was turning though many states in the South disagreed. It would soon be illegal to segregate black Americans on public buses, in waiting rooms, or in restaurants. And yet, in the early 1960s, some cities and towns in America kept actively discriminating. It was time to draw attention to illegal discrimination, and face terrifying violence with peaceful resistance.This is a story of everyday people becoming a civil rights movement, taking on the establishment and changing the world. What does it mean for people to come together and rise up? And what do we think about segregation in relation to the present?

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The powerfully moving play, THE WHITE ROSE: WE DEFIED HITLER, by David Meyers opened Friday, January 24, at The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City. The 70-minute play is produced in cooperation with the University of Missouri at Kansas City Theatre Department and produced with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. The show based on actual events runs at The Coterie through February 9.

BWW Review: RISE UP at The Coterie Theatre

September 22, 2019

Opening on Friday night at The Coterie Theatre inside Crown Center is a?oeRise Up,a?? a four person, seventy five minute play written by British playwright Lisa Evans. The subject is the 1961 a?oeFreedom Ridersa?? project designed by James Farmer's CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). The premise is a group of four contemporary secondary students recount a conflict in the struggle for racial equality in the U.S. for a school age audience.

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Where is The Coterie Theatre located?

The Coterie Theatre is at 2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 144, Kansas City, MO.

What is the history of The Coterie Theatre ?

The Coterie is a non-profit organization, established in 1979, with the mission of providing professional classic and contemporary theatre which challenges audience and artist and provides educational, dramatic outreach programs in the community. We seek to open lines of communication between races, genders, and generations by redefining children’s theatre to include families and diverse audiences.

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