Out of the Vineyard

Joe's Movement Emporium
3309 Bunker Hill Road Mount Rainier

Joe's Movement Emporium presents a new theater performance work by playwright Psalmayene 24, Out of the Vineyard, as part of the Freedom Stories initiative. Out of the Vineyard is based on the history book A Question of Freedom: The Families who Challenged Slavery form the Nation's Founding to Civil War by William G. Thomas III, constructed through interviews with descendants of enslaved families and people connected to the history of freedom suits in Prince George's County. Weaving together monologues that excavate a buried chapter in American history, Out of the Vineyard makes difficult knowledge accessible through stories of individuals and their experience of race and the legacy of slavery.

Thru - Sep 24, 2023

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DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"...Out of the Vineyard, now playing at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, tells the mostly unremarked and under-exposed stories of the meticulous in-court efforts by African Americans to resist enslavement: efforts that took place — often successfully — within the courts of Prince George’s County, Maryland, prior to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation."

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- Gregory Ford

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Media Designer Luis Garcia adds the more visual facet of the story and gives audiences many of the prompts necessary to follow along with a tale that is just so hard to believe. “Out of the Vineyard” is a deeply reflective piece—an opportunity for people to learn something more about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.; to learn something truly consequential about the descendants who are left with the unthinkable memories transcribed; and to learn about the realities of an aspect of American history that just doesn’t get told."

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- Anne Valentino

Out of the Vineyard at Joe's Movement Emporium