Author notes from the novel: what is historical and what is imagined “The Thrilling Tale of How Robert Smalls Seized a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom” (Smithsonian Magazine) “Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?” (PBS) “The Steamer Planter…

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Stage Raw “STAGE RAW TOP 10… RECOMMENDED… EPIC… Rivers’s staging shines in capturing this chaos of the era and the momentous emergence of Smalls as an American hero… Ellen Geer’s reworking of Rebecca Dwight Bruff’s 2019 award-winning historical novel is…

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Lucy Pollak lucy@lucypr.com 818.887.1499 (for media only)     World premiere of ‘Trouble the Water’ recounts extraordinary, little-known story of African American hero Robert Smalls   TOPANGA, Calif (REVISED July 25, 2022) ––…

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