Living Voices
Developed to move and inspire audiences of all ages, interactive single person historical programs blend video, audio and personal discussion with live performance to illuminate some of the most harrowing stories of our shared global history.
Programs include:
NEW! Home Front/War Front Programs
Who were the real "Rosie the Reviters?" These two pieces follow the intersecting journeys of women who faces and broke barriers together, fighting for justice in a time of global conflict and domestic prejudice. Discover how they soared—despite the odds Fly for Freedom: Learn the little-known contributions of Black women in World War II aviation, as one trailblazing young pilot flies for Double Victory— championing democracy at home and abroad. Antoinette and her family join the millions of Black Americans serving their country in the defense industries while bravely confronting racism, sexism and fascism on every front. Winning Her Wings: Birdie, a Sephardic Jewish pilot, joins the groundbreaking Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Serving alongside Ah Ying Lee, one of only two Chinese American WASPs, she navigates racism, sexism, and patriotism to contribute to the war effort.
Through the Eyes of a Friend: The World of Anne Frank
In a breakthrough production model for consciousness raising and educating individuals, the groundbreaking historical figure Anne Frank encourages personal awareness of stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.
The New American
Hard times in Europe in the early 1900s forced many people to pull up their roots and set out for a new life in America, including Bridget — an Irish girl whose first steps in America took her through Ellis Island and to New York's Lower East Side.
Hear My Voice: Win the Vote
Jessie follows in the footsteps of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to help secure the right of American women to vote.
Journey from the Dust
In the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s, a terrible drought ruins Mark's family's farm. As he journeys across the country, he discovers his inner fortitude and resilience.
Island of Hope
A 10 year old escapes with her family from a shtetl — across Russia to Germany and finally to New York. But when Leah alone is detained at Ellis Island, she must confront her biggest obstacle yet. What if she is sent back?
The Right to Dream
A young African American’s coming of age in Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s provides an inside view of a tumultuous, challenging period in American history.
Within the Silence
A moving, personal view of the Japanese American internment during World War II exposes the dangers of racism and prejudice.
Our Revolution
Many civilians fought to bring “all men are created equal” to life, but those five words resonate even more deeply for an African American soldier in 1776.
West Coast Exclusives:
La Causa
When a crop duster sprays Marta and her Mexican American family, Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers Movement fights for improved labor conditions. Discover Dolores Huerta and the farm workers movement through the actions of one young woman who becomes a powerful voice for her community.
Native Vision
After leaving home on the Navajo reservation to pursue a white American education, Alice becomes a Navy nurse while her cousin enlists in the Marines as a Code Talker during World War II, both striving to find a balance between their Navajo and Western traditions. Honor the Native experience from government boarding schools to the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, as a young Navajo girl works to keep her culture in the face of prejudice and a changing world.
Northwest Passage
After emigrating from Sweden with her family, Julia defies traditional gender roles and conventions by becoming a nurse, traveling throughout Washington to serve her broad new American community during the 1918 flu pandemic. Encounter the varied cultures and dynamic changes of the Pacific Northwest as a young immigrant straddles the old and new worlds at the turn of the 20th century.
Klondike: The Last Adventure
When the discovery of Yukon gold makes the news in 1897, Bess leaves her past behind to join thousands of other miners in the stampede north, braving a dangerous journey into unknown territory in the hopes of a new and better life.
For more information, visit livingvoices.org.
