Four Score and Seven Years Ago

Four Score and Seven Years Ago

Musical for grades 3 – 8, Presented by ArtsPower

Length of Performance: 55 minutes

To young Lemuel, who has escaped slavery in Georgia, life in Gettysburg is everything he had dreamed it would be. His ideas about the North and the South, as well as what it means to be a free man, are challenged, however, when he unexpectedly befriends Jacob, a young Confederate soldier.  The two men may be of different races and on different sides of the Civil War, but they have much to teach each other about bravery and loyalty in ArtsPower’s exciting and suspenseful musical. 

Curriculum Connections: Family Relationships, Historical, Language/Communications, Skills, Multi-Cultural, Musical, Values-Based

Supported by Newman's Own Foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation, Fairfield County Community Foundation, The Philip H. and Christine Lodewick Foundation, Union Savings Bank and the Wadsworth Lewis Trust Fund.

study guide link is http://www.artspower.org/shows/four-score-and-seven-years-ago/assets/FS-...

The Arts in Education initiative integrates school curriculum, moral lessons and/or historical perspective through the performing arts.  It is our goal to provide students and teachers with a full performing arts experience. Performances are intimate and typically last one hour, with the ability to talk with the performers after the show – a rare and wonderful opportunity for enhanced learning. Study guides are also available, which provide educationally rich lesson for teachers to do with their students before and/or after attending the show.
 
You may print out the order form which outlines the upcoming performances, corresponding grade levels and dates.  This form serves as your formal agreement to participate for the interested performance date and time requested. Each performance is $10/ticket for students, teachers and chaperones. Forms can be faxed to Julie Paltauf at (203) 438-4543 or you can call or email the box office staff at (203) 438-5795/info@ridgefieldplayhouse.org. We certainly hope that you and your students will take advantage of one or more of these wonderful performances.

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All shows are 55 – 70 minutes in length, but allow additional time for Q & A and entering and departing the theater.