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Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin, at La Jolla Playhouse

We are proud to announce the return of the DNA New Work Series to La Jolla Playhouse, a four-week period of workshops and readings of new works that allows playwrights and directors the opportunity to develop a script by providing rehearsal time, space and resources – all culminating in workshops or readings open to the public. All projects in the DNA New Work Series take place with little or no scenic, costume or staging elements and actors may have scripts in hand. It's a rare chance for theatre-lovers to be a part of a new work in its earliest stages of
This year’s DNA New Work Series features a workshop production of Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin, by Michael Benjamin Washington (seen on stage in the Playhouse’s productions of Memphis and The Wiz), directed by Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show). The piece was given its first public reading at the Playhouse on August 28, 2013 – the date of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington – and this workshop represents the next stage in the play’s development. 
Only six presentations!Feb 21 and Feb 22 at 7:30 pm; Feb 23 at 3:00 pmFeb 28 and Mar 1 at 7:30 pm; Mar 2 at 3:00 pmAll tickets: $15Rao and Padma Makineni Play Development Center at La Jolla Playhouse General admission seating
Summary: In the sweltering political and racial heat of 1963, Bayard Rustin – the brilliant proponent of non-violent civil disobedience – is assigned to orchestrate an unprecedented march for jobs and freedom. Exiled from the Civil Rights movement by both internal and external forces, Rustin grapples with his last chance for professional restoration and spiritual redemption as he masterminds "a tribute to the ancestors" exactly one century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.   
For more information about tickets, please call the Patron Services Department at (858) 550-1010 or visit LaJollaPlayhouse.org.
For information about the production or DNA New Work Series, please contact PR Director Becky Biegelsen via email at bbiegelsen@ljp.org or by phone at (858) 228-3092.

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