"What if every Negro taxi dispatcher in the whole USA sent out all the taxis takin' our colored kids to the white schools. They couldn't stop us. If we all did it. They couldn't stop us."    Gardner Bishop -- Scene 5

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Now Let Me Fly was commissioned through a cooperative effort of the Brown Foundation and Washburn University.

"Sitting in the darkened ECC auditorium, Denise Jefferson listened and resolved to fly high herself. 'Seeing it on stage made it real for me and probably made me more determined to finish my education,' the 40-year-old Aurora woman said."
Tara Malone
The Daily Herald
(suburban Chicago newspaper)

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SCRIPTS

Now Let Me Fly by Marcia Cebulska is available in a full version and two youth versions. Please see the information about Now Let Me Fly scripts.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Now Let Me Fly is the perfect springboard for discussion on topics such as education or changing race relations. Let everyone "take 5" after the reading, then let the conversation begin! See Discussion Questions.

PUBLICITY MATERIALS

NOTE: Some of these downloads still have May 17, 2004 as a simultaneous reading date. We are looking into revising these materials.

Courtesy of Velma Gooding, Synergy Public Relations & Advertising Consultants.

Posters

Use these to advertise the date, time and location of your local reading. Size of each is 11" x 17". The fonts used on the poster are Copperplate Gothic and Copperplate Gothic Bold.

• Color version (3.3 MB PDF)
• Grayscale version (6.5 MB PDF)
• JPEG version (2.7 MB graphic) (if broken image displays, right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the popup menu)

General Flyers for A Nation Acts

Use these as leave-behinds to advertise A Nation Acts. Size of each is 8 1/2" x 11".

• Flyer (54 KB PDF)
• Flyer (124 KB WordPerfect file) (if file does not open, right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the popup menu)

Postcard Invitations

Use these to mail as reminders of your local reading. Available as one card per page (1x) and four cards per page (4x)

• 1x - Color version (.9 MB PDF)
• 1x - Grayscale version (.5 MB PDF)
• 4x - Color version (2.7 MB PDF)
• 4x - Grayscale version (1.4 MB PDF)

Media Release

Send this to your local media outlets so they are aware of the date, time and location of your reading.

• Text of the release (.7 MB Word file)
• Text of the release (.37 MB PDF)

Media Tips

Suggestions about how to work with your local media.

Local Flyer for Your Reading

Use these as leave-behinds to advertise the date, time and location of your local reading. Carry around a handful to explain your participation in A Nation Acts to others. Especially useful when you are trying to get space or help or food or actors for your reading. Size of each is 8 1/2" x 11".

• Color version (1.5 MB PDF)
• Grayscale version (1 MB PDF)

General Promotional Email

Send this email to your friends to tell them about A Nation Acts. You may wish to include information about your reading near the top of the message.

• View the email text

Wings From Thumbprints

Once you read the script you will see how these wings can be used at the end of the play. Size is 8 1/2" x 11".

• Wings (134 KB PDF)