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What: Ruth and the Green Book
Where: Center for Puppetry Arts
When: Feb. 7 – Feb. 26, 2012
Cost: Tickets are $25 and available by visiting www.puppet.org or called 404-873-3391.
Enter to win a pair of tickets by clicking the link below.
I’m fascinated by the topic behind the Center for Puppetry Arts latest show Ruth and the Green Book for two reasons. 1. I love that the Center is hosting shows specifically for tweens and teens. Ruth and the Green Book is recommended for ages nine and up
2. The subject of this show is travel, but not just any travel. African American travel in the 1950′s and the need for a “Green Book” that served as a guide to establishments that welcomed African Americans. It’s a perfect show to commemorate Black History Month.
A travel guide for African Americans. First published in 1936. Last published in the 60s.
The puppet show is based on the book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey. Chronicling a relatively-unknown chapter in Civil Rights history, Ruth and the Green Book follows an African American family as they travel from Chicago to Alabama in the Jim Crow South of the 1950s. After being turned away from hotels, gas stations and restaurants, 8-year-old Ruth and her parents are introduced to “The Green Book,” a travel guide for black motorists conceived as a response to the humiliation and violence experienced by African Americans while traveling. There will be talkback sessions following every performance. I’m sure kids (and maybe a few adults) will have lots of questions.
If you’d like to meet the author of Ruth and the Green Book, he is doing a book signing at the Center for Puppetry Arts on Saturday Feb. 11 from 9 – 10 pm after the 7:30 pm performance. The meet and greet is free with your show ticket and books will be available for sale.
If you are interested in learning more about “The Green Book,” here are a few good links -
The Harlem World – A good overview article of The Negro Motorist Green Book and why it was necessary,
The Green Book - A link to the actual Green Book from 1949
I’d love to see this with my daughter!
I would love for my kids to see this. The author is actually going to be at our library later this month so it would be awesome to see the show as well
We love the CPA!
KATHY BALMAN, what library system r u with? would love to see the author. Amazing I had never heard this story b/4 and I got the book for my daughter last wk from the library, just on a whim. Now there’s a play at the CPA?? who knew??
I would love to take my daughter to see this show.
Would love to see such an enlightening performance..
I would love to take my 11 & 12 year olds to see this show. We just watched Freedom Riders on PBS, and they are very eager to learn more about this time in history.
Karen, You can meet the author at the Saturday performance.
Teen & Adult Education Workshop:
Meet the Author of Ruth and the Green Book
Presented by Calvin Alexander Ramsey of Atlanta, GA
Saturday, Feb 11, 2012: 9-10pm
Learn more here!
Thank you so much fieldtripswithsue for the tickets! My daughter LOVED the puppet show and it led to some great conversations! Thank you again!
Oh Good. I’m so glad. I really enjoyed the show as well. I found wikipedia opened to Jim Crow the day afterwards – It really got the kids thinking – and me too!