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Doors open at 6:00 PM, show begins at 7:00 PM.
African american theater night is a unique program designed to bring progressive minded citizens and local leaders together for a spectacular evening of fellowship and community empowerment. The program will provide positive, family oriented, cultural entertainment for the entire community.
Award winning actor, singer, and writer daniel beaty will perform condensed version of his two stellar plays emergency & resurrection.
Emergency is the story of a slave ship that emergences in front of the statue of liberty in present day nyc. Daniel beaty portrays a cast of 40 characters including a homeless man, a scientist, a republican business executive, a street vendor, and an 11-year old boy from the projects who all respond to the unexpected phenomenon. Through the characters’ individual responses to this surreal happening and their varied testimonies on identity and personal freedom, emergency weaves a stirring commentary on what it is to be human and the longing to be free.
Resurrection is the story of six interconnected black males ages 10 – 60: a child scientist, a young man from the projects on his way to college, an ex-convict, a corporate executive, a health food store owner, and the bishop of a mega church – who all experience an unexpected phenomenon on the same evening that changes their lives for ever. As they tell their stories, they resurrect individually and collectively over issues of physical, spiritual, & mental health, poverty, absent fathers, incarceration, addiction, relationships, and education.
Featuring daniel beaty’s unique blend of music, poetry, comedy, & drama, emergency & resurrection are urgent, timely stories of possibility and hope.
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