Rose McClendon: Harlem's Gift to Broadway
Although from all extant accounts, Rose McClendon was the premier African-American actress of the Harlem Renaissance, there are no biographies, no books, no plays, and no scholarly dissertations about her. This woman, who was compared in her heyday to the renowned Italian actress Eleonora Duse, and was often referred to as the "sepia Barrymore," has been lost in the annals of history. Vinie Burrows resurrects this legendary figure in her new one-character play, Rose McClendon: Harlem's Gift to Broadway.
Walk Together Children
Hailed as a classic in Black theatre, this chronicle of the African-American experience uses the poetry, prose,and song of Black writers to tell a story of survival from slave days to present day conflicts and triumphs.
Sister! Sister!
A celebration of the joys and struggles of women in villages and cities world-wide... a stunning mosaic of actual testimonies and moving stories about women written by men and women.
A Child Is Born
By turns humorous, tender, and dramatic, this collage evokes memories of infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
Daughters Of The Sun
Dramatic vignettes of women from Africa, the Caribbean, South Pacific, England, and Australia. With searing, bold language the "Queen of Black Theatre" presents words, feelings, and sounds of women from the African Diaspora.
Africa Fire!
With Vinie clothed in colorful African dress and authentic jewelry, this is a magical re-telling of traditional folktales, legends, and myths. An unforgettable experience, with interludes of movement and song, and audience participation.
Song Of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek.
A lyrical, impassioned, humorous epic of an African village woman who berates her university-educated husband for recklessly renouncing all the customs and traditions of his people.
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