The Wash

This vibrant play tells the true story of the Atlanta Washerwoman strike of 1881, where black women demanded fair wages and ignited a wave of labor activism across Georgia. 

This play unfolds how it is no coincidence that the Atlanta Washerwoman's Strike took place during the same year that the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary (ABFS), now Spelman College, was founded. Much like millions of workers today, in the years of following the Civil War, Black Women in Atlanta were taking control of thier own destinies by demanding fair pay for their labor and fighting for a quality education. In the play, the character Jewel, is attending classes at ABFS and bringing what she's learning in the classroom back to women in the laundry co-op where she lives and works. She wants to show that "God can speak to a woman the same way as a man." The strike had a reveberating affect around the state, with nurses, cooks other domestic workers from Rome to Savannah demanding a fair wage as a result of the women' s bravery. 

Show Dates: 

• Friday, March 14 at 7:30 PM


• Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 PM


• Sunday, March 16 at 2 PM


• Sunday, March 16 at 7:30 PM


• Friday, March 21 at 7:30 PM


• Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 PM


• Sunday, March 23 at 2 PM


• Sunday, March 23 at 7:30 PM

Price: $50

Location: The Lakeside Pavilion (10950 Hutcheson Ferry Rd Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia 30268)