An innovative toy theater fills the stage, a replica of a Harlem block from the 1920s. Lights flicker on as people awake. Toy theater puppets, shadows, come to life in windows, and at a certain point the whole set transforms.

Actors frolic in 20s costumes, original saxophone music plays through the speakers and a cat does back alley beat poetry. The audience is transported in time to an era poignant and pivotal to the African-American experience in this country.

In the early 1900s African-Americans began to migrate north in large numbers. Harlem was where their community was, so many moved there, despite the high rents. Rent parties became a popular way for families to raise the rent money they needed. They would hire a musician or band, get cheap refreshments and charge a small entry fee. 

Rose, Jenny and Ricky are helping their mammas throw a RENT PARTY to save their home. All they need to do is get the ice, hand out some cards, oh - and get a real live musician to play. Shouldn't be too hard...

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