Humanities on Demand

May 7 2008

How Did You Get Here?

Victoria Mares-HersheyPlaywright Victoria Mares-Hershey’s “How Did You Get Here?” gives voice to Africans in Maine, during the period of slavery and beyond, by giving audiences a sense of their everyday lives. This reading of the play’s first act was recorded on March 21, 2008, at the Museum of African Culture on Brown Street in Portland. Museum Director Oscar Mokeme welcomes the audience and architect Stephen Oliver introduces the show, then volunteer actors join with Mares-Hershey to perform the excerpt.

We welcome your feedback on this performance of “How Did You Get Here?” which was supported by a Maine Humanities Council & Maine Arts Commission grant.


 

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