Feb 20, 2014
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Curated by George Ferencz

A festival of concert play readings celebrating Black History Month.

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Thursday, February 20 at 7:30pm

SISTER SOLDIER
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Directed by George Ferencz

Negro Female Wac’s stationed at Fort Devens outside of Boston Massachuetts during World War II staged a work stoppage strike that caused a national  up roar, and the court martial trial that followed.Were these women hero’s or traitors to their race and country ? You decide as the country did.

Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm

SOME OLD BLACK MAN
by James Anthony Tyler
Directed by Melissa Maxwell

When Professor Calvin Jones moves his 82-year-old ailing southern father, Donald Jones, into his Harlem penthouse an argument over breakfast food turns into a generational clash over race, opportunity, and a decision that Calvin made years ago.

Saturday, February 22 at 7:30pm

MIDDLEMUDDLE
by Leah Maddrie
Directed by Melissa Maxwell

Middle age meets middle school In the Midwest in this poignant comedy about memory, change, and bean bag chairs.

Sunday, February 22 at 2:30pm

SPARKPLUG & MISS JONNIE MAE
by Owa
Directed by George Ferencz

Two men in 1930’s Mississippi during a storm confront the meaning of love and sexuality in a community ultimately defining their fate.

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