The document is a playbill advertising the play "Too Heavy for Your Pockets" being performed at the Hertz Stage from February 4-26, 2016. The play is set during the Civil Rights Movement in rural Tennessee and focuses on two young couples struggling with their responsibilities and obligations as one husband gets a scholarship to attend Fisk University which leads him to join the Freedom Riders movement. The playbill notes the play provides a look at the personal costs and struggles behind public events of the Civil Rights Movement through its focus on the bonds of friendship and what defines a family.

1. In rural Tennessee at the height of the Civil Rights
Movement two young couples struggle to understand
justice, love, and their own responsibilities. When
Bowzie gets a scholarship to attend Fisk University,
he has the opportunity to improve his family’s life. His
education goes beyond the classroom, as he
becomes a Freedom Rider and joins the fight against
racism in the Deep South, leaving his obligations as
a husband and friend behind. A beautifully written
look at the personal cost and private struggles
behind public events, Too Heavy for Your
Pocket speaks powerfully about the bonds of
friendship and what defines true family.
February 4 – 26, 2016
The Hertz Stage presents Too Heavy for Your Pockets, a beautifully written look at the
personalcosts behind the Civil Rights Movement. The 2017 winner of the Alliance/Kendeda
National GraduatePlaywriting Competition, the Alliance is thrilled to celebrate one of its
own—playwrightand former Kenny Leon Fellow Jiréh Breon Holder.
Too Heavy for Your Pocket
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