Theater review: 'Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad'

More educational than entertaining, equal parts storytelling and theater, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad is a Childrens Theatre of Virginia production that is more purposeful than most plays. As Nicole Pearson, who plays the title role, says in a scene with womens suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony near the end of the play, Im still here to remind you because it is important that you know.

The story of Harriet Tubman is a staple of the Childrens Theatre touring company, but this Willow Lawn run is for only nine performances, ending Feb. 9. An amiable cast, working together as a strong ensemble, features Pearson as Tubman, Audrey Snyder as her Quaker mentor and biographer Sarah Bradford, and Ashley Arden Heyward, Lucas

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