The Wash

In 1881, Black laundresses in Atlanta led a strike weeks before the International Cotton Exposition came to town. Demanding $1/dozen pounds of laundry, the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 was one of the largest, successful interracial labor strikes of the post-Civil War era. "The Wash" offers an intimate and often funny look at ordinary women who went from workers to fighters– and won. The Wash is a part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere.

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Intended Audience Age: 10 and up

Purchase ticket at https://www.perceptionstheatre.org/thewash