Bring your class to the Revolution.
Polly in the Colony plays three free weekday mornings at Old South Meeting House for Boston public school students in grades 3 to 5. The bus is paid for. You just bring the class.
When
Nov 18, 19 & 20
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10:00 AM each morning. The play runs sixty minutes.
Where
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108. The meeting house where colonists gathered before the Tea Party.
Who
Grades 3 to 5
Boston public school classes, with their teachers and chaperones.
Cost
Free
No tickets to buy. Revolutionary Spaces pays for the bus to and from the meeting house.
Seats are going fast.
Each morning seats 500 people, and schools are already booking. Reserve now to get the morning you want.
The founding story, told by someone who was there.
Polly is a real doll. She arrived in Boston in 1773 on the Dartmouth, the ship whose tea went into the harbor, and she is still on display at Revolutionary Spaces. In the play she tells her own story: the Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the cannons on Dorchester Heights, and the Declaration of Independence read aloud to the town.
Your students meet the Revolution at their own eye level, in the meeting house where colonists argued about the tea. Every scene is a real event with a real date, so what they see on stage connects to what they study in class.
In partnership with
Revolutionary Spaces cares for Old South Meeting House and the Old State House, and looks after the original Polly doll, on display in Boston.
Visit revolutionaryspaces.org →How it works
1
Request your seats
Tell us your school, your morning, and how many students and adults are coming. It takes about three minutes.
2
We confirm by email
We write back to confirm your seats and your morning. Check your spam folder if you have not heard from us.
3
Bring your class
We send the arrival details and bus arrangements before the day. The classroom pack is ready to use now.
Questions about the performances or a group outside Boston public schools? Email info@friendsofpolly.com. Presented by Mass Arts Center with Revolutionary Spaces.