"Take What Is Yours" by Erica Fae and Jill A. Samuels tells the story of Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and other women suffragists who picketed the White House and endured arrests, hunger strikes and brutal beatings for women's right to vote in the United States.
Currently playing off-Broadway in New York, the play will have its Philadelphia premiere at the New Century Trust, 1307 Locust Street, Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Alice Paul Institute and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The play commemorates the events of Nov. 15, 1917, known as the Night of Terror. On that night, the warden of the Occuquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered the guards to teach the 33 women prisoners a lesson.
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Following the performance, attendees are invited to a reception at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, across the street from New Century Trust, and a look at some of materials that document the history of women’s rights.
Admission is $10, free to members of the Alice Paul Institute and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The Alice Paul Institute is based at Paulsdale, the historic home of suffragist Alice Paul in Mount Laurel. She was among the leaders of the campaign for women’s right to vote that led to passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. The Institute educates the public about her life; conducts leadership programs for girls; and preserves Paulsdale. www.alicepaul.org
