2024 Juneteenth celebration
Saturday, June 15
Philadelphia Freedom Voices
Dramatic monologues by
Grounded Theatre Company
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Performances at 12:30pm and 1:30pm
Upper Burying Ground
Free admission
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 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
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.