The High Ground (Arena Stage)

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About the Show

A Black soldier stands steadfast in the face of destruction in this story about the Tulsa massacre.

A Black man in an army uniform stands his ground on Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill, as he watches the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District — but other forces, both amicable and hostile, plot to remove him. A play in conversation with Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 race massacre, The High Ground offers a complex picture of what it means to root, resist and move on from devastation.

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“Davis and director Megan Sandberg-Zakian don’t make it particularly easy to engage deeply with the material, as some of the contrivances in the 75-minute production distract from the more lyrical, and harrowing, aspects of the play.”
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