"Show and Tell" History Series - Featuring the Doan Outlaws in Collaboration with Local Historians
Sat, Sep 19
|ArtWRKD
Spirits of the Outlaws, the Doan Gang and Bucks County. We will hear poetry, storytelling and original music written about the Doan Outlaws. Celebrating our history re-told through local artists and orators.
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
ArtWRKD, 126 S State St, Newtown, PA 18940, USA
Guests
About the event
Spirits of the Outlaws, the Doan Gang and Bucks County
The Doan gang was a group of British loyalists, the most notorious members being five brothers and one cousin from the Doan family of Plumstead. The gang was composed of around 30 members who were accused murderers, attainted traitors, horse thieves, and ferried British prisoners of war to British lines. They were also guilty of robbing tax collectors, their most famous crime being the theft of the Bucks County treasury in Newtown in 1781.
Join us in merriment.
Featuring:
Michelle Townsend - Presenting poetry written about the Doan Outlaws
Michele Townsend is a poet and fiction writer from Philadelphia, PA. She has published numerous short stories, most often strange and speculative tales set in her native Pennsylvania. She earned her MFA in fiction from Temple University, where her work focused on Bethlehem Steel and all of the gritty, resilient folks who helped forge its…
Tickets
General Admission
One ticket for entry. Seating is first come first sat. Ticket sales go toward the artist honorarium.
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00