PICT marks Black History Month with compelling play
Feb. 19-28
‘For the Tree to Drop’
PICT Classic Theatre opens its 19th season with a world-premiere, “For the Tree to Drop,” written by celebrated local actress Lissa Brennan.
“For the Tree to Drop” tells the particular struggle of a young slave girl in the Antebellum Old South. Estella, who is both slave and sister, holds a vigil in honor of her brother, Henry. Unable to turn a blind eye to the horrifying injustices she has seen, she exercises one of her “Little freedoms” to the dismay of the plantation owner and his wife.
Performances take place Feb. 19-28 in the Peirce Studio inside the Trust Arts Education Center, Liberty Avenue.
For more information or tickets, visit picttheatre.org or call 412-561-6000.