pulling at the roots: ​Three plays about northampton history

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JUNE 19 - 23, 2024   &   JUNE 26 - 29, 2024  &  JULY 5 - 7, 2024
All three short plays are included in each performance.
Content Advisory: The plays contain themes of child loss and slavery
​and are recommended for adult audiences.  Learn More
All Performances are Sold Out.
Sliding Scale Admission
$15: Discounted Rate
$25: Actual Cost Ticket
$50: Stretch Ticket
All seating is by General Admission.
Registration is required.
Payments are securely processed by Humanitix which adds a booking fee and donates
its booking fee profits to ​charities that provide humans across the world with life's basic necessities.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
6:30 pm
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
6:30 pm
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Friday, June 21, 2024
6:30 pm
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Saturday, June 22, 2024
2 pm
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Saturday, June 22, 2024
6:30 pm
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Sunday, June 23, 2024
2 pm
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Sunday, June 23, 2024
6:30 pm
Sold Out
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
6:30 pm
Sold Out
Thursday, June 27, 2024
6:30 pm
Sold Out
Friday, June 28, 2024
6:30 pm
Sold Out
 Saturday, June 29, 2024
2 pm matinee
Sold Out
Saturday, June 29, 2024
6:30 pm
Sold Out
Extended Run: Four New Dates Added
Friday, July 5, 2024
​6:30 pm
Sold Out
Saturday, July 6, 2024
2 pm matinee
Sold Out
Saturday, July 6, 2024
​6:30 pm
Sold Out
Sunday, July 7, 2024
2 pm matinee
Sold Out
In case of inclement weather, all the plays will be performed in the barn. ​​
Parking for the performances is available at the Bridge Street School and along Bridge Street. 
Payments are not accepted at the door.
Refund Policy
This is a no refund event.  Refunds will not be issued for change-of-mind reasons or time conflicts, if you can no longer attend.
You may request an admission ticket refund for medical issues such as COVID-19 or a COVID-19 exposure by emailing [email protected] prior to the start of the event or by 4 pm the following day.
To pay by check
1. If you wish to pay by check, reserve your spot and select Invoice as your payment option on the Humanitix website.
2. You do not need to enter a Purchase Order (PO) number or a business name.
3. Enter your billing address and select the Checkout button.
4. An invoice will be emailed to you. The fee will include a Humanitix booking fee.
5. Print the invoice and mail it with a check payable to "Historic Northampton" to Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA 01060.

Note: If you cannot print the invoice, send your check with your performance date written in the memo field.
Your admission supports these special performances ​and other arts
and cultural activities at Historic Northampton.  Thank you for your generosity.
Circling Suspicion
by Talya Kingston
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Rose
by Jasmine Rochelle Goodspeed
The Optimist's Razor
by Patrick Gabridge
Major Sponsors of the
​2024 Reprise of Pulling at the Roots
Leadership Circle
Smith College
Director's Circle
Impact Maker
Anonymous
PeoplesBank
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Northeast Solar
Whalen Insurance
Sophia Wealth Strategies
Valley Fence
Marisa Labozzetta & Martin Wohl
About Plays in Place
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Founded in 2017, Plays in Place is a theatre company that creates new site-specific plays in partnership with museums, historic spaces, and other institutions. They have extensive experience bringing historic stories and sites to life in ways that deeply engage audiences.

Past and current partners and projects include: Mount Auburn Cemetery (The America Plays, The Nature Plays, Moonlight Abolitionists); Old South Meeting House (Cato & Dolly, I Am This Place, Scipio’s Balcony, Imagining The Age of Phillis); Roosevelt-Campobello International Park (Beloved Island: Windows on Campobello); the National Park Service (Suffrage in Black & White); Old North Church & Historic Site (Old North Illuminated, Revolution’s Edge); MassBike (The Kittie Knox Plays), as well as Historic Northampton (Pulling At The Roots). For more information, visit www.playsinplace.com.