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The High Ground


  • Arena Stage at the Meade Center for American Theater 1101 6th Street Southwest Washington, DC, 20024 United States (map)

Performances: Feb 10 - Apr 2, various hours

A Black man in an army uniform stands his ground atop Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill, bearing witness to the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District — but other forces, both friendly and hostile, conspire to remove him. A play in conversation with Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 race massacre, The High Ground offers a complex portrait of what it means to bear witness, to resist and to move forward from devastation.