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"Possessing Harriet" at the East Lynne Theater Co.

The East Lynne Theater Co. presents Kyle Bass’s play about a young freedom-seeker in 1839.

10/19/2022

State of the Arts

"Possessing Harriet" at the East Lynne Theater Co.

Clip: Season 41 Episode 2 | 7m 11sVideo has Closed Captions

The East Lynne Theater Co. presents Kyle Bass’s play about a young freedom-seeker in 1839.

The East Lynne Theater Co. in Cape May presents Kyle Bass’s “Possessing Harriet,” about a young woman's flight to freedom in 1839. Bass based the play on a true historic encounter between "the fair fugitive" Harriet Powell, abolitionist Gerrit Smith, his neice Elizabeth Cady, and Thomas Leonard, a free Black man who helped Harriet escape. Also included is the Harriet Tubman Museum of New Jersey.

10/19/2022

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