In her one-woman piece The Spirit of Harriet Tubman, playwright and actor Leslie McCurdy portrays the life of the famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, who led slaves from the southern United States to freedom.

Assumption University Chapel will host a free public performance on Thursday, February 16, at 7 p.m.

The play was a finalist for a 1999 Canadian Chalmers Award as best new play for young audiences, though McCurdy points out it is intended for all ages.

“The Spirit of Harriet Tubman recreates stories familiar and some rarely told, using words said to have been Harriet Tubman’s own,” she says. “Through it all we learn of the faith and conviction that drove Harriet Tubman to follow her dreams … inspiring her charges to have the courage to do the same in envisioning their future.”