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Escape to Freedom

Mordecai Historic Park
Mordecai Historic Park. September 27th-29th Friday 7:30pm & 9pm, Saturday 6pm, 7:30pm & 9pm, Sunday 4:30pm & 6pm A ticket is required for this free program.

In celebration of the 154th anniversary of emancipation, and in partnership with MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, Mordecai Historic Park presents a theatrical experience: Escape to Freedom.

This one hour guided tour and performance will lead guests through Mordecai Historic Park to experience plantation life through the eyes of an enslaved person. What decisions would you make if you were in their place? The tour will end with a question and answer session with Mordecai Historic Park Staff and MOJOAA Performing Arts Company members.

Participants should be comfortable walking and standing for up to an hour. Ticket is required through reclink.raleighnc.gov or by calling (919) 996-4364. Parking is located at 1 Mimosa St., Raleigh, NC. Performances will begin at the Mordecai Visitor Center on Cedar St (see map below).

*Performance times & barcodes for RecLink in parentheses:

Friday, September 27:

7:30- 8:45 (#244629)
9-10:15 (#244630)
Saturday, September 28:

6-7:15 (#244631)
7:30-8:15 (#244632)
9-10:15 (#244633)
Sunday, September 29:

4:30-5:15 (#244634)
6-7:15 (#244643)