This striking choreopoem by the author of For Colored Girls, Ntozake Shange,is set in a bar in St. Louis frequented by Black artists and musicians, actors, and performers. In a series of dreamlike vignettes and poetic monologues, they commiserate about the difficulties they face as black artist. The piece is framed by the narrator, Lou, a magician who wants to use his magic to help the artist come to terms with their blackness and rejoice in their identities.

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Warning, this play contains adult language and content.

STAGE MANAGEMENT

CREATIVE TEAM

Ron Himes

Joe Clapper

Heather Beal

James Biko

Dunsi Dai

Blandin Vaughn