Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

Based upon the book by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

As told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley

Developed by Ally Sheedy

Adapted for the Stage by Fracaswell Hyman

Directed by Jackie Alexander

October 27-28 & November 2-4 at 7:30 pm

October 29 & November 5 at 2:00 pm

Tedford Stage

“My story is about being able to help change things no matter what your age.” -- Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and her neighbors and friends, teenage Lynda Blackmon Lowery walked from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama during the Voting Rights March of 1965 on her 15th birthday. Jailed nine times before the March and badly beaten on Bloody Sunday, Lowery’s powerful story is filled with sorrow and inspiration. Based on Lowery’s memoir, traditional and original Gospel and Freedom songs frame the journey of a brave young American heroine.

A joint production of the Wake Forest University Department of Theatre & Dance and the Loire Valley Theatre Festival. This project is supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts