BETHANY by
Autumn, 1896 Bethany, Arkansas
The Southern Cross Saloon
Bethany is an historical drama set in the fictional town of Bethany, Arkansas in 1896. The story takes place on a stormy night in the Southern Cross saloon, a mash-up of wild west barroom and river front brothel, forty days after the lynching of young African American for raping the young mistress of the wealthy saloon owner....
The Southern Cross Saloon
Bethany is an historical drama set in the fictional town of Bethany, Arkansas in 1896. The story takes place on a stormy night in the Southern Cross saloon, a mash-up of wild west barroom and river front brothel, forty days after the lynching of young African American for raping the young mistress of the wealthy saloon owner....
Autumn, 1896 Bethany, Arkansas
The Southern Cross Saloon
Bethany is an historical drama set in the fictional town of Bethany, Arkansas in 1896. The story takes place on a stormy night in the Southern Cross saloon, a mash-up of wild west barroom and river front brothel, forty days after the lynching of young African American for raping the young mistress of the wealthy saloon owner. Renowned anti-lynch activist and journalist Ida B. Wells arrives from Chicago with her friend “Stagger” Lee Felton to investigate the lynching. The play merges the theatricality of old fashioned saloon melodrama with the heightened stakes of in-your-face-racism met head on by an immovable force for justice in the character of Ida B. Wells. Bethany is the first full length play featuring Ida B. Wells as the protagonist.
The Southern Cross Saloon
Bethany is an historical drama set in the fictional town of Bethany, Arkansas in 1896. The story takes place on a stormy night in the Southern Cross saloon, a mash-up of wild west barroom and river front brothel, forty days after the lynching of young African American for raping the young mistress of the wealthy saloon owner. Renowned anti-lynch activist and journalist Ida B. Wells arrives from Chicago with her friend “Stagger” Lee Felton to investigate the lynching. The play merges the theatricality of old fashioned saloon melodrama with the heightened stakes of in-your-face-racism met head on by an immovable force for justice in the character of Ida B. Wells. Bethany is the first full length play featuring Ida B. Wells as the protagonist.