Shadow 14
Curated by George Ferencz
A festival of concert play readings celebrating Black History Month.
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.