Arts Beat: ‘Suffs’ musical brings suffrage fight — and Tennessee’s pivotal role — to Orpheum
The first national touring company of “Suffs.” (Courtesy Joan Marcus/The Orpheum Theatre)
The show also highlights the movement’s Black activists and Memphians Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell, who fought to keep questions of racial justice from being sidelined by white suffragists eager to appease Southern lawmakers.
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Orpheum Theatre Playhouse on the Square Laura Stracko Ida B. Wells Mary Church Terrell Subscriber OnlyThank you for reading The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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Alys Drake
Alys Drake is a Memphian born and raised in the Bluff City. A theater-lover, she has worked in a variety of marketing and communications roles at entities within the advertising, legal, marketing, religious and financial services sectors. She is a graduate of Memphis Central High School and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
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