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CityViewNC .com | 29 910.868.5131 | 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 | www.fayacademy.org Fayetteville Academy Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. Preparing students for college and beyond SOARING HIGHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS SOARING HIGHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS The 25 members of the Class of 2020 were offered more than $2.7 million in college scholarships and grants. 76 percent of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 or higher. Chromebook and iPad programs | Grades 4-7 LEGO ® Robotics Team Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab ® | Lower School SmartLabs ® opening Fall 2020 More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. RANKED #1 IN THE NICHE.COM 2020 BEST PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA A Virtual Community Celebrating Fayetteville D uring a brief break in their rehearsal of the play "Bitter Flower" at the Gilbert eater, Marie Swartwood Lowe and Tohry Petty break character just long enough to describe their mutual admiration. "I'm honored that we have the chance to work together," Petty said. "But I'm also honored to call her a friend." "Back at you," Lowe said. But then they are back to being brilliantly at odds in a short play that depicts one aspect in the struggle to pass the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. Petty plays Ida B. Wells, an early and passionate leader in the civil rights movement and one of the founders of the NAACP. In the play, written by Georgetown professor Jennifer Natayla Fink, the audience is given the chance to examine the racism of the white suffrage movement and the undervalued work of black suffragists. Lowe plays Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and a leader in the fight for women's right to vote. e play, directed by Gilbert's artistic director Lawrence Carlisle III, was one of 14 recorded in August as part of e 19th Amendment Project presented by Raleigh's Burning Coal eatre. Each is available for viewing virtually through the end of September. Tickets for one viewing of each 10-minute play cost $2 or $25 for the entire series. For more information, go to burningcoal.org. For Carlisle and his cast, "Bitter Flower" was a rare opportunity to practice their cra during a time when most theaters have gone dark. Carlisle was forced to cancel the theater's planned productions of "e 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "e Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged." "It was another difficult decision amongst months and months of difficult decisions," he wrote in a letter to patrons. An ensemble of Gilbert actors has been able to participate in a series of socially distant murder mystery scavenger hunts at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Carlisle hopes the rest of the scheduled season, kicking off with "Barefoot in the Park " in October, will go on as planned. "As I've said, it's going to take more than a little pandemic to knock us out," he said. Gilbert eater 116 Green St, Fayetteville, NC 28301 www.gilberttheater.com

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