Enid Summer Chautauqua, June 11 – 15, 2024
Lift Every Voice: 60 Years Since the Civil Rights Act
Join us on the grounds of the Humphrey Heritage Village at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. Presented in true Chautauqua style under a big top tent, the week-long program includes daily workshops (at 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) and five evening performances (Tuesday – Saturday). Workshops take place in the historical church of the Humphrey Heritage Village. Evening performances kick off at 6:30 pm with local entertainment.
In case of inclement weather or excessive heat, evening performance will be moved to the Northwestern State University Campus.
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024
Main Performance:
DOUG MISHLER as EARL WARREN
Workshops:
10:30 A.M. – The Oklahoma Brown Case
by Vanessa Adams-Harris
12:00 P.M. – The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
by Rebecca Jimerson
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024
Main Performance:
VANESSA ADAMS-HARRIS as ROSA PARKS
Workshops:
10:30 A.M. – Rating the First Ladies
by Leslie Goddard
12:00 P.M. – War and a Question of Rights
by Doug Mishler
Thursday, June 13th, 2024
Main Performance:
LESLIE GODDARD as CLAUDIA “LADY-BIRD” JOHNSON
Workshops:
10:30 A.M. – The Civil War Amendments
by Jim Armstead
12:00 P.M. – Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
by Vanessa Adams-Harris
Friday, June 14th, 2024
Main Performance:
JIM ARMSTEAD as THURGOOD MARSHALL
Workshops:
10:30 A.M. – Coretta Scott King and the “Freedom Concerts”
by Rebecca Jimerson
12:00 P.M. – The Lady Bird Special
by Leslie Goddard
Saturday, June 15th, 2024
Main Performance:
REBECCA JIMERSON as CORETTA SCOTT KING
Workshops:
10:30 A.M. – The Supreme Court’s Role in American Life
by Doug Mishler
12:00 P.M. – Plessy vis a vis Brown
by Jim Armstead
