Historical Background, Dramaturgy, and Design
Explore the historical context of Big White Fog, its dramaturgy, and the design of Court Theatre’s production.
Historical Background
- Washington Park: Read about the rich history of this Chicago neighborhood, home to the Mason family — and Count Theatre’s Production Center
- Marcus Garvey: The leader of the UNIA and Back to Africa Movement, and Victor Mason’s leader
- Marcus Garvey: Black Nationalism – Fast Facts | History (4:15)
- Marcus Garvey – Garveyites And The Garveyism Movement (Black History Animated) (11:00)
- The Black Titanic: Marcus Garvey’s Doomed White Star Line (11:00)
- Marcus Garvey -UNIA -Black Star Line (2:00)
- Marcus Garvey – Black Moses – US History – Extra History (11:30)
- The Story of Marcus Garvey A Documentary (2:01:00)
- The Pullman Company and Pullman Porters: Dan works as a Pullman Porter — famous in Chicago and beyond for their work on railcars
- The Great Depression: The play takes place between 1922 and 1932, and we see the impact of a crashing economy on the Mason family
- The Great Depression: Crash Course Black American History #28 (12:00)
- The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33 (14:30)
- The Great Depression Explained Like You’re 5 (16:30)
- The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis | Free Documentary History (55:00)
- What HAPPENED To African Americans During The Great Depression? (37:30)
- The Great Migration: The Mason family were part of the huge number of Black Americans that left the south for the promise of opportunities
Image courtesy of the Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) (https://www.loc.gov/item/2017715805/)
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print)
Image courtesy of the Collections of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture) (https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2021/02/marcus-garveys-black-star-line/)
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection (https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2021/02/marcus-garveys-black-star-line/)
Image retrieved February 18, 2021 from Virginia Commonwealth University website (https://driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/pullman-porters)
Image courtesy of the Driehaus Museum (https://driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/pullman-porters)
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress (https://www.wttw.com/playlist/2019/02/22/pullman-porters)
Image courtesy of Encyclopædia Britannica, UPI/Bettmann Archive
Image courtesy of https://explorethearchive.com/the-great-migration-books
Image P0001.003, Photographs of Steamships, Motor Vessels and Ocean Liners https://www.marinersmuseum.org/2021/02/marcus-garveys-black-star-line/
Dramaturgy
Design
Coming soon – watch this space!