Periodically, the Artist Network will be sending out FYI's on new works, and
art events which may be of interest to those who participate in the creation
of a culture of resistance. Not all of them will be in your neighborhood,
but we would like to give artists a sense of current works being created...
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The latest work from the creators of "A Huey P. Newton Story."
ICELAND
Work in progress
Created and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
Music by Marc Anthony Thompson
Smith's geologically-inspired performance, complemented by Thompson's
original score, takes us volcano-hopping: from the tropics, to the Arctic,
and back home to Brooklyn, where we confront man-made disasters. It's a love
story.
Performed April 21 @ BAM Harvey Theater
www.651ARTS.org
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Ruby Dee portrays abortion provider in
SAINT LUCY’S EYES
World premiere of a new drama by Bridgette A. Wimberly
Directed by Billie Allen
Starring Ruby Dee, Willis Burks II, Toks Olagundoye, Sally A. Stewart
"Yeah, they legal. But only a handful of doctors do 'em here...So they come
down to the ghetto, try and catch a bargain...Wind up spending more than they
bargained for." "Grandma," a Black woman in a Memphis ghetto played by RUBY
DEE, is an abortionist. In 1968, she tells one of her patients to "face the
fear, walk out that door, and see a whole new life. Walk out that door and
shine." Grandma goes against everything society and the law and even her own
husband says to help make this happen—over and over again. Years later, women
are alive and making a life because of her scrappy fearlessness. "Saint
Lucy’s Eyes" is about this and a whole lot more, life and death
contradictions which are still with us.
@ Theater: Women’s Project
424 West 55th Street New York (Between 9th and 10th Avenue)
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