Dear History Lover,

          In the midst of fanfare corresponding to Women's History Month (March), Patriots' Day, and the 250th Anniversary of the start of the American Revolution (April), we were remiss in sending a monthly correspondence. Starting in March, History At Play™, LLC (HAP) made its Indiana debut, presenting A Revolution of Her Own!™ to the students, faculty, & public at Indiana University Kokomo.

        International Women's Day celebrations (March 8) ensued shortly thereafter, when HAP was honored to partner with MassNow at Simmons University in Boston. The event featured Founder & President of the Massachusetts Women's History Center Fredie Kay as a panelist. The MWHC is a trailblazing organization set to create a Massachusetts Women's Hall of Fame and history lovers can recommend and vote for their candidates. HAP traces its collaborative origins with MWHC to 2019, when we were commissioned to create How Long Must We Wait?™ The performance premiered at Boston's Historic Faneuil Hall and recently played at Lawrence Academy in an event sponsored by the Groton History Center.

          2025 has already seen an impressive increase in school performance and artist residencies with HAP securing contracts with Massachusetts towns, and returning to some schools for nearly ten years running. 

          And that brings us to the momentous month of April, when commemorations for the sesquicentennial of the start of the American Revolution catapulted Boston into the international limelight. With 250th celebrations occurring the same weekend as the Boston Marathon, the relatively small city of Boston drew more than 30,000 runners and their families/friends, along with an estimated 100,000 history lovers to the city and its environs. There was an intensity of energy so palpable that had not been felt since the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (2023), which also featured HAP in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Women's Tea Party. 

        This past weekend, HAP Founder & Artistic Director Judith Kalaora, portraying "Rachel Revere," saw her husband "Paul" off on a midnight ride televised live. The reenactment was supplemented by a remarkable drone show over Boston Harbor, and culminated in the momentous reenactments of the Skirmishes at Lexington & Concord (Watch the livestream).   

          This monumental commemoration in United States History is worthy of more than one weekend of festivities. Therefore, History At Play, LLC invites history lovers young and old to an Immersive Living History Experience this THURSDAY! The first In-Person event produced by HAP since 2019 rides into Boston THURSDAY April 24, with doors opening at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum at 6:30pm ET. This is an exclusive school vacation event! Read below for details:

          Rendezvous with Mrs. Revere at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum! 

250 Years After The Midnight Ride… Rachel Revere’s Untold Story!

          Rachel Revere needs your help to reunite her Founding Family at The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, on Thursday April 24, 2025, Doors at 6:30pm.

"Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™" (click for playbill) escorts attendees back to May 2, 1775. Rachel has only heard from her beloved husband Paul once since his midnight ride. Isolated due to the Siege of Boston, Rachel desperately creates a plan to safely evacuate her children: six step-children from Paul’s first marriage, and a newborn baby of their own, from the reach of the British Army in Boston. Find out if Rachel is successful in her perilous mission to reunite her family, amidst the wake of an American Revolution.

6:30pm ET - Doors
Featuring 18th Century Music by Harpist Melegie
• 18th Century Games
• 18th Century Costume & Selfies
7:00pm ET Performance - Rendezvous with Rachel Revere™

FREE ADMISSION for those who arrive in full 18th Century Attire. Prizes awarded for BEST DRESSED!

          History At Play™ wishes you health, happiness, & history. We'll resume monthly newsletters in May and look forward to making history with you.

Historically yours,