From the works of Christian Fleetwood, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Susie King Taylor, and W.E.B DuBois
WAR SONG is a music-and-poetry-suffused look at race and the Civil War through the eyes of Christian Fleetwood, publisher, choirmaster, Sergeant in the 4th Regiment United States Colored Infantry, and winner of The Congressional Medal of Honor. Drawn from his speech, “The Negro As Soldier,” as well as the words of Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Susie King Taylor, W.E.B. DuBois and others, WAR SONG is about war, glory, despair, America, and the old flag; the stories we tell and the songs we sing about them.
Berger Park Coach House, 6205 N Sheridan Rd, March 13th - April 19th, 2014. Thurs at 7:30pm, Fri & Sat at 8:00pm.
WAR SONG is produced with generous support from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.