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Her Eternal Crown
Her Eternal Crown is a 40 minute original play with dance and music about the lives of two real-life Iranian women, Tahirih and Mona, who withstood persecution and oppression to fight for women's rights and religious freedom in Iran in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Targeted because of their belief in a new religion, the Baha'i Faith, both Tahirih and Mona were tortured and executed.
Their only crime? Daring to proclaim the oneness of humanity and the equality of men and women.
Tahirih spoke these courageous last words before she was strangled to death in 1852; "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you can never stop the emancipation of women."
Only 17 at the time of her death in 1983, Mona was reported to have gone to her execution with a radiance and serenity that astonished those who witnessed her death.
Intertwining live theatre and dance, Her Eternal Crown is a moving portrait of two women who risked it all for freedom and justice.
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LocationRoom 2164, Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University (View)
552 W Wood St
West Lafayette, IN 47907
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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