Wolf by the Ear: A Play about
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Date: None Upcoming
Time: None Upcoming
Ticket Required?
Yes
CW Admission and
Separate Ticket
Reservations Required?
Yes
We regret …
Unfortunately, the April 20 presentations have been cancelled.
In late March 1820, Thomas Jefferson at home in Monticello awaits the results of a pivotal debate in Congress. Would Missouri be admitted to the Union as a free state, signalling a move toward the eventual abolition of slavery in the U.S.? The former president, haunted by the continuation of slavery in the years since the Revolution, is visited by spirits from the past recalling crucial moments and events when choices regarding slavery had been debated, leading to the current crisis over Missouri. The drama is accented by live music from the Revolutionary period through the early Republic.
