Sally & Tom

A Headlong and Schwarzman Centre Event

A rehearsed reading of Sally & Tom by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks.

A contemporary theatre troupe comes together to stage a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Everyone brings their perspective because yeah, it’s complicated.

"Like the two hemispheres of the brain, this is a play that reaches across divides. It extends a hand across the aisle, inviting connection rather than certainty."

A play that activates the whole person
and, in doing so, the entire body politic. 

Part of Unfinished Revolutions, a season tracing the living legacy of 1776.

Written by – Suzan-Lori Parks

Directed by – Ola Ince

Movement Direction & Choreography: Stephen Moynihan

Actors

• Jade Anouka

• Elliot Barnes-Worrell

• Eloka Ivo

• Jennifer J Kim

• Luke Norris

• Isabella Pappas

• Ibilola Rossi

• Tom Stuart

29 May 2026

Location: Oxford Theatre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford