“Raise Less Corn and More Hell! Annie Diggs: A Prairie Populist” explores the life of Annie Diggs, a journalist, orator, poet, advocate of women and black suffrage, temperance worker, and populist advocate. This work explores the racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant rhetoric that was part of the Populist movement in the United States during the 1890s, Annie’s struggles within the Populist movement in Kansas, as well as the similarities between this movement and the Populist movement sweeping the country today. This free performance is presented by Kansas City Public Theatre and takes place November 11 at Prospero’s Bookstore (1800 W. 39th St., KCMO). For more information, visit kcpublictheatre.org.
This presentation is supported by the Office of Culture and Creative Services through the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
