Sojourner

Based on the life and times of freedom fighter Sojourner Truth, this powerful story is told through the emotional testimony of ZUHAIRAH!

Sojourner

by Richard Lamont Pierce, Featuring Zuhariah

Directed by Jill Geidt

March 5 -March 22, 2026

Fridays 7:30 p.m. | Saturday and Sunday 3:00 p.m.
People of Purpose Center, 64 NE Killingsworth St., Portland

Become a part of American history as it unfolds before your eyes…

Through a reporter’s interview, Mr. Pierce pulls you into a riveting in-depth view of the life of Sojourner Truth, the first African American woman in the suffrage movement, abolitionist, and confidante to Abraham Lincoln. Begin to understand through Sojourner’s unmitigated audacity to make things happen, the depth of her impact on the abolition of slavery, women’s rights, prison reform, America and the world.

Sojourner takes a hard look at her life, not only as a woman, but as a slave. It also takes a compelling look at pre-civil war America and what led to the conflict. While this coming- of-age narrative is filled with acts of random horrific cruelty, it will at times make you laugh, then make you cry, force you to take a look at the morals, values and conditions that shaped America, and instill in you awe at Sojourner Truth’s unwavering spirit to overcome and be moved to “sojourn for the truth… even to the ends of the earth.”

“Based on the life and times of freedom fighter Sojourner Truth, this powerful story is told through the emotional testimony of versatile actress Zuhairah.”

McGill shares Sojourner’s stories with such feeling, in her voice and through her facial expressions, that we feel as though she is sitting with each of us privately. —Frank Burd, Philadelphia Theater Reviews