Ruby Bridges, Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost and Leona Tate were the first Black children in New Orleans allowed into previously all-white schools in 1965 when segregation ended in public schools.

When the curtain rises on a theater stage and a hush falls over the darkened seats, there's a moment in which reality and fantasy seem to merge. That's when theatergoers might sense a presence. Or, ...