The Heavens Are Hung In Black
Previews Start February 3, 2009
A World Premiere
Written by James Still
Directed by Stephen Rayne
To celebrate our grand re-opening and the bicentennial of President Lincoln’s birth, Ford’s Theatre has commissioned a new play, The Heavens Are Hung In Black by award winning playwright James Still. Heavens will be the first play offered in the newly renovated Ford’s Theatre. Highlighting the five months between the death of Lincoln’s son Willie and the delivery of the Emancipation Proclamation, Heavens will offer audiences a glimpse into the person who was Abraham Lincoln. Faced with unbearable personal, political and historical pressures, watch how Lincoln copes with the world around him and eventually, through an amazing transformation of thinking, conquers it. Don’t miss this exciting world premiere perfect to reopen historic Ford’s Theatre.
This production made possible by:
BAE Systems
Verizon
BP America
Visa Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
Ford's Theatre stages Built by The Home Depot
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performance dates and times!
