Location: Henry J. Leir
The outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage hosts musician, dancer and storyteller Shawn L. Stevens, enrolled member of the Stockbridge Munsee band of Mohicans and Friends, for a special opening performance of Festival 2024. Jacob’s Pillow is sited on the ancestral homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok or Mohican people. Shawn Stevens (Red Eagle) is an enrolled member of the Stockbridge Munsee band of Mohicans. A spiritualist, musician, artist, historian, and sharer of knowledge, Shawn has been fulfilling his path journey for the past few decades by doing a variety of sharing in his people’s ancestral lands as well as the Midwest.
INCLEMENT WEATHER: Jacob’s Pillow occasionally must issue a day-of cancellation of an outdoor performance due to inclement weather, such as current or impending rain, high heat, or air quality concerns. In the event of inclement weather on the date of your outdoor performance by Shawn L. Stevens, all ticket holders will be notified and those who have purchased a “Rain or Shine” ticket will be accommodated indoors in an alternate venue with limited capacity at Jacob’s Pillow, at the scheduled showtime. All other ticket holders who purchased a “Shine Only” ticket will have their funds moved on-account at that time.