{"id":12281,"date":"2019-03-13T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/performance-the-trial-of-bat-shea\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T20:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T00:50:52","slug":"performance-the-trial-of-bat-shea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/performance-the-trial-of-bat-shea\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance: The Trial of Bat Shea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>In 1894, Robert Ross was shot and killed as he tried to prevent ballot box stuffing in a local election. Bartholomew \u201cBat\u201d Shea was wrongfully accused, convicted and executed for the murder. Some say Shea was a scapegoat, targeted by politically ambitious Frank Black who went on to become governor of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, March 29, the Friends of Oakwood host a production of Troy author Jack Casey\u2019s riveting play at 7 p.m. at the Gardner Earl Chapel in Oakwood Cemetery. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Please call to secure your seats: 518-328-0090. Tickets are $15\/person payable at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Filled with hidden evidence and manipulated media, Shea\u2019s trial is transformed into a captivating performance by the Highlight Acting Troupe under the direction of Robin Dickinson.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of Oakwood is a non-profit volunteer group working to support the preservation and maintenance of the non-sectarian Earl Chapel and grounds of Troy\u2019s still-active historic 19th-century Oakwood Cemetery. New members are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:50:52 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 1894, Robert Ross was shot and killed as he tried to prevent ballot box stuffing in a local&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classifieds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}