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Signature Programs

Theater Experience …….
Four Little Girls

They were able to
The Signature Programs imagine these four little
(Delta Academy, Delta girls, who were similar
GEMS, and EMBODI) at- in age as our partici-
tended the Four Little pants, before the oc-
Girls: Birmingham 1963 currence of the terrible
play on February 9, 2019 at event. Our partici-
the Alabama Shakespeare pants were able to see
Festival. that these girls had
names and dreams

such as Denise
This play is one of two first dreamed of becoming
for the Alabama Shake- a doctor, Carole
speare Festival productions looked forward to
of Civil Rights tales this season wearing her dress at the cotil-
by the same living playwright, lion, Cynthia imagined being a
Christina Ham. The cast mem- mathematics professor and Ad-
bers in this play were students die Mae wanted to be a profes-
from the Montgomery County sional baseball player.
Public School System in partner-
ship with Alabama State Universi-
ty. The second production also The participants were able to
occurring at the Shakespeare reflect from the play and visual-
Festival by Christina Ham is Four ize the four little girls’ dreams,
Women. their times with their family and
friends, and the trials and tribu-
The participants were able to lations they faced as children living in a divided
experience a historical moment in 1963 – the and segregated city in Birmingham, Alabama.
th
bombing of the 16 Street Baptist Church in Bir-
mingham, AL.

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