Patton Homestead Sponsors "I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone"

History At Play, LLC (HAP, LLC) has garnered nationwide applause for their one-woman living history performances, chronicling the lives of legendary women who changed society. The fiery performance I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone has received accolades from journalists, actors, and historians alike and was featured on the WGBH Forum, a series of lectures and performances selected by WGBH to be streamed online.

Now, in honor of the 2020 Centennial Celebration for the 19th Amendment, Lucy Stone travels to Hamilton for a live performance at 7:00 PM on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at the Patton Homestead A Cultural Center (in the stables, 650 Asbury St, South Hamilton). This 60-minute live presentation is suitable for all ages. Followed by a Q&A session. Tickets are $20 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets see https://pattonhomestead.org/events. This live, in-person event will follow safe social-distancing guidelines as determined by the Hamilton Board of Health, and masks are required for the safety of the performer and our audience members.

In this presentation of I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone, History At Play, LLC Founder and Artistic Director Judith Kalaora is Lucy Stone: The first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree, a fierce abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. Challenging discrimination is not easy, but Lucy Stone is never one to take the easy road. Even Susan B. Anthony credited Lucy Stone for her involvement in the tumultuous women’s rights movement. The fight for suffrage is ferocious, so come along for the ride!

Featured in news media outlets, including WCVB Boston, CBS WBZ Radio, The Associated Press, and The Washington Times, HAP, LLC Founder and Artistic Director Judith Kalaora expressed the delight and difficulty in portraying one of the first women in the Abolitionist and Suffragist Movements, Lucy Stone. Jordan Rich, of WBZ Radio (The Jordan Rich Show), states, “She’s a one-woman force of nature and inhabits these women…it takes people like Judith to bring these stories to life…these lost pieces of history.” The West Brookfield Historical Commission, located in Lucy Stone’s hometown, emphasized, “Judith’s performance had the audience laughing, crying, nodding and shaking their heads in agreement and understanding, and climaxing in a standing and cheering ovation… the emotional journey that was Lucy’s growth and development was a gift and an experience the audience will long remember… we deeply understood both the woman and the values she fought for.”

About History At Play, LLC (HAP, LLC): HAP, LLC was founded in 2010 by Artistic Director Judith Kalaora in order to create immersive living history entertainment and to chronicle the lives of influential and often forgotten women. Kalaora is a resident of Massachusetts and a graduate of Syracuse University, as well as completing the Education Program of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London, England. Since 2010, the HAP, LLC Troupe has brought the legacies of great heroines to life in museums, libraries, universities, historical societies, senior living communities, and schools across the United States. Now offering the same immersive experiences to audiences across the country via LIVESTREAM technology! To learn more, or to book an in-person, or a LIVESTREAM performance event, visit HistoryAtPlay.com or on Facebook @HistoryAtPlay.

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