The Compromise: 1895

by Gabriel M. Emeka

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 20, 2012, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8 p.m.

Tickets: $8 Public, $6 Seniors/OC Staff & Faculty, $4 Students (purchase tickets)
All tickets $3 more at the door
Location: Hall Auditorium (directions)

Justin Emeka, director

During the decades following the Civil War, teachers and administrators of black schools in the South faced one of the most profound educational challenges in the history of the United States. The Compromise: 1895, a new play by Gabriel Emeka, explores the emergence of a prominent black college and its dynamic founder whose words and works come to capture the attention of the entire nation. What begins as an ordinary school term in 1895 Alabama proves to be a year of extraordinary opportunities—but for whom? To what end? And at what cost?

This world premiere production helps to commemorate Oberlin College’s 175 year legacy of accepting African-American students. The Compromise: 1895 is dedicated to those unsung heroes throughout history who took on the monumental task of educating millions of newly recognized citizens who had, for generations, been lawfully bound to ignorance, regarded as chattel, denied human rights, and forced into what seemed eternal servitude.