Mitchelville
by Aurin Squire
A World Premiere
directed by Cezar Williams
featuring Malik Ali, Reginald L. Barnes, Nate Entz, Trevor Latez Hayes, Philip Kershaw, Katherine Nora LeRoy-Lawson & Courtney Thomas.
When a young man tries to save his Gullah family home, he dives into the history of his family lineage, the Civil War, and the first town of Black freedmen in America. Mitchelville is a story about learning from the past, saving for the future, and keeping a tradition going.
March 16-26, 2023
Join us for an opening night reception, March 17th immediatley following the show.
There will be post show discussions following the March 24 7:30 PM and March 19 & 26 2 PM performances.
All performances held at the HHPS Main Street Theater, 3000 Main Street, Hilton Head Island.
Runtime approximately 95 minutes with no intermission.
Student, First Responder & Active Military Discounts & Group Rates Available.
Rush Tickets on sale at the box office 30 minutes prior to a performance.
Mitchelville Program
To learn more about Mitchelville award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and journalist Aurin Squire and the show's development process, watch Squire’s episode of QuaranLean here, filmed summer 2020!
Mitchelville Panel Discussion
On March 3, 2023 at 2:00pm, Lean Ensemble Theater hosted a discussion before rehearsals began for the first production ever of Aurin Squire’s Mitchelville.
This play is a special event for Lean Ensemble for several reasons: it was commissioned; it honors local history and culture, and its world premiere will take place in our community. For these reasons, Lean Ensemble wants to ensure that the meaning and value of the play as art, and importantly the tribute it pays to the Native Islanders, descendants of the historic Mitchelville town, is widely known and appreciated in our community. The Focus Group will be a public event that will bring Native Island leaders & members of the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park together with members of the production team of Mitchelville for a conversation in advance of the play’s world premiere in March, 2023.
The panel included: Alex Brown, Lola Campbell, Herbert Ford, Galen Miller, Aurin Squire and Cezar Williams
Moderated by: Gloria Holmes
Hilton Head Island Public Library, March 3, 2023 at 2:00PM
11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Presented with support by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
