The Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at Loyola University New Orleans has partnered with the Ashé Cultural Arts Center and One Book, One New Orleans to raise awareness of adult literacy through theater.
The presentation of “13 Lessons” is made possible through a grant from Entergy Corporation to the Lindy Boggs Center. It is free and open to the public. For more information about “13 Lessons,” contact Sams-Abiodun at 504-864-7077 or psabiodu@loyno.edu.
About the Show: “13 Lessons” is an original performance work that explores the theme of adult literacy in our community. The original work was commissioned in ...Read More
The Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at Loyola University New Orleans has partnered with the Ashé Cultural Arts Center and One Book, One New Orleans to raise awareness of adult literacy through theater.
The presentation of “13 Lessons” is made possible through a grant from Entergy Corporation to the Lindy Boggs Center. It is free and open to the public. For more information about “13 Lessons,” contact Sams-Abiodun at 504-864-7077 or psabiodu@loyno.edu.
About the Show: “13 Lessons” is an original performance work that explores the theme of adult literacy in our community. The original work was commissioned in 2004 by the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy. “13 Lessons” introduces and explores for the audience the issues, tensions and ironies of people who are part of the adult literacy drama in our communities. The 7 P.M. performance will also include an introduction featuring a young Louis Armstrong character who will speak about his own education in Jim Crow New Orleans.
Original music combined with a script highlights dramatically and at times humorously the challenges and barriers that so effectively trap 40% of our adult population. “13 Lessons” provides information, challenges stereotypes, raises compassion and understanding and effectively calls audiences to accept the mantra that “something must be done”.
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