For the 2024 Juneteenth Festival, the Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground of Germantown is pleased to present a new production:

Philadelphia Freedom Voices

Grounded Theatre Company 

Grounded Theatre Company features members of their youth conservatory in this performance of dramatic speeches and dance. Featured will be the words of Absalom Jones, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Marita O. Bonner. 

Saturday, June 17, 2023. Two performances: 12:30pm and 1:30pm.

Featuring: 

• Kaci Chase as Marita O. Bonner

• Dameisha Jackson as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

• Ra’shad McDonald as Absalom Jones

Dancers:

• Rihanna Jenkins

• Mya Prater

• Rachel Pressley 

View/download program.

Performance length: approximately 30 minutes. Admission is free. No reservations required. 

The Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground will be open to visitors from 12-5pm on Saturday June 17.

More information on the Juneteenth festival.

Learn more about Black history at the Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground. 

Featured images: Mark Shasanmi as John Lewis; Ayanna Presley and Rachel Pressley (dancers); from the 2022 Juneteenth performance.