Aunt Hattie’s House: Reconstructed

“Aunt Hattie’s House,” written & performed by Emma Palzere-Rae, premiered in 2000 at the Heartland Chautauqua, & that same year, East Lynne Theater Company brought the show to Cape May, NJ. 20 years later, ELTC is proud to present “Aunt Hattie’s House: Reconstructed,” featuring a revised script, not only to make the play available virtually, but to reflect some of the progress anti-racism work has taken during this time. The play explores what compelled Harriet Beecher Stowe to pen “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the best-selling novel that is said to have changed the course of United States history. Published 10 years before the start of the Civil War, the book’s stark portrayal of slavery sparked a heated national conversation on abolition.