Paul Cuffe: In Search of a New Land, Thurs., 8/17. Doors open at 6.30 PM, performance begins at 7 PM. Round the Bend Farm, 92 Allens Neck Road, Dartmouth
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A performance of an original play by Samuel Harps based on the remarkable life of Captain Paul Cuffe (1759-1817). This project is co-sponsored by Shades Repertory Theatre and the Westport Historical Society. All donations are tax deductible. General admission $35
This dramatization offers new perspectives to inform our understanding of Paul Cuffe whose struggles and achievements as a person of African American and Native American descent in late 18th and early 19th-century New England continue to resonate today. For the Southcoast region — Westport, Cuttyhunk, Dartmouth, New Bedford — and well beyond from Washington DC to the UK and across the Atlantic World, Paul Cuffe’s life remains a truly astounding story, one that breaks through many of the accepted societal and racial barriers of the era.
Samuel Harps is an award-winning playwright from New York. He is the founder and artistic director of Shades Repertory Theater, Rockland NY.
Westport Historical Society, 508 636-6011, westporthistory@westporthistory.net www.wpthistory.org
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