Education, Peer Pressure, Teen Pregnancy, Dignity, Drugs, Bullying, Family, Sexuality, Violence, Self Respect. Free Your Mind....
The Rest Will Follow.
Through drama, music and dance, young performers demonstrate how some conditions of slavery and the slave mentality correlate with contemporary issues impacting the youth population today, like illiteracy, addiction, teen pregnancy, bullying and other issues. Best suited for middle and high school students.
The following are excerpts from Free Your Mind.....The Rest Will Follow. One scene deals with teen pregnancy, and one with dignity (boys' saggy pants & girls "hoochie" attire). The show also deals with bullying, abuse, violence, addiction, the importance of education and other issues impacting the youth population. There is singing in the show as well as recorded music. The performers are young actors.
June Ledford
Charmira Nelson
Richard Bradford
Antoine Goins
Olivia Wayne
Due to the overwhelming response of the Dauphin County Commissioners’ Black History Month School Program “Free Your Mind! The Rest Will Follow” production was a huge success with the students and teachers of the (4) high schools that were logistically selected to attend. The theatrical production was about the choices and difficulties our youth face today. The program
portrayed a powerful message in hopes of inspiring our youth to combat contemporary forms of bondage that now confront our youth population, such as illiteracy, addiction and hopelessness.