OUR STORY (YOU & GRACE'S TOO): The Making of the American Flag

Lyceum Studio at Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts Presents:

OUR STORY (YOU & GRACE'S TOO): The Making of the American Flag

By Brie Knight

A World Premiere Play created for Lyceum Studio's 2026 Grace Wisher's Star Spangled Banner Camp

Performances:

Friday, August 14 at 7:00pm

Saturday, August 15 at 2:00pm

About the Show:

“OUR STORY (YOU & GRACE’S TOO): The Making of the American Flag” is a time-bending, joyfully rebellious adventure where forgotten history comes to life. Audiences step right into Mary Pickersgill’s cramped Baltimore flag shop as a team of women and girls — including Grace Wisher, a young Black indentured servant, and You — race to sew the massive Star-Spangled Banner that will fly over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. When a 1960s painter barges in to ‘fix’ history, history pushes back, insisting that the real story includes all the hands who built America. With humor, heart, music, and a dash of chaos, the play leaps between 1814, 1962, and today to celebrate courage, creativity, and unheard voices finally being heard. It’s immersive, surprising, and powered entirely by young performers who prove that history isn’t just something we learn — it’s something we make.

Performed by the Grace Wisher's Star Spangled Banner Campers.

Accessibility:

Both the Friday and Saturday performances will feature live ASL interpretation. 

There will be a sensory-friendly room located in the first-floor library.

The back entrance is equipped with a ramp, and there is an elevator located at the center of the building.

Lyceum Studio, a program of Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts, is committed to providing performing arts education and a safe place for exploration, self-discovery, and creativity.

The Never Told Story of Grace Wisher is produced in partnership with Lyceum Arts, a registered nonprofit organization recognized by the IRS under section 501c3 as tax-exempt. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Burlington County Board of County Commissioners through a county arts grant.

OUR STORY (YOU & GRACE'S TOO): The Making of the American Flag is a special event for the commemoration of America' 250.