|  | | What is Thursday's Children?
Thursday's Children is an original, two-act musical created by Brian R. Lynner and Lisa Norris-Lynner. The story is inspired by the events that lead to the landmark civil rights case of Tinker v. the Des Moines Independent Community School District.
PRODUCTION DATES:
SCHOOL MATINEES (Grades 5-12): October 19-22, 2010
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES: October 23,24, 28, 29, 30, 31 and November 6 & 7
LOCATION: The Iowa Public Theatre in the State Historical Museum
For information on auditions, casting and other events related to the Thursday's Children Project, click here.
Who Are Thursday's Children?
 In December of 1965 a group of students in Des Moines, Iowa devised a plan to wear black armbands to school to protest America's involvement in Vietnam. Fearing that the protest might lead to disruption and violence, school officials announced that anyone caught wearing an armband would be asked to remove it or be suspended. For more on the history behind the story of Thursday's Children, click here.
Thursday's Children explores how the choices we make in our youth shape the people we become. In our story, "Thursday's Children" are four (fictional) high school students. Act One takes place in 1965 in the days leading to the armband protest and follows the students as they consider how wearing the armband may affect their friendships, families, and futures. Act Two shows us that future, visiting the characters (and their children) 25 years later, at the beginning of the First Gulf War.
The title for the show comes from the old Mother Goose rhyme that begins, "Monday's child is fair of face..." Thursday's Child, according to the rhyme, "has far to go." For more about the story of the musical Thursday's Children, click here.
When Can I See a Performance of Thursday's Children?
Act One of Thursday's Children will be performed as a stand-alone production as part of the State Historical Society of Iowa's History Through The Arts program at the Iowa Public Theatre in the Iowa State Historical Museum in Des Moines, with student matinee performances October 19-22, 2010. For more on this program, click here.
The full production will be presented for eight performances between October 23 and November 7, 2010. Tickets are not yet available, but please check back for information on show times and tickets. If you would like to sign up for our e-mail list to be updated on project progress and events, click here.
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