La Fenice

this production is performed on land stolen from the Caddo, Coahuiltecan, lipan apache, karankawa, tonkawa and witchita people.

Later, the community of clarksville became the first freedman community west of the Mississippi river, which became a thriving, vibrant, independent black community. This community was all but destroyed in 1928 with Austin's adoption of the City Plan which eliminated all black accessible city infrastructure to a few blocks in east Austin.

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acknowledging this fact doesn't undo the generational harm done to our neighbors.

half of this production's ticket sales will go to support the ongoing preservation of the Haskell House structure and expansion of their museum offerings, to ensure the legacy of this important community is preserved for generations to come.  An additional portion of this production's ticket sales will go to support the work of indigenous artists and cultural preservationists.