Under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, a white researcher named Susannah, travels the South looking for original songs from the slave era. She finds herself in workhouses and prisons where black women toil. On a rural Texas prison farm she meets “the Pearl” and is spellbound by her beautiful voice and her unbreakable spirit.
Susannah records Pearl and sends the songs to the Library of Congress where she is immediately acclaimed as “an authentic doorway to the past.” The two women set out on a journey to find their way out from the shadows of both their pasts and leads them to the bright lights of New York City, where Pearl takes her place as the last of the authentic black songstresses from the South.
Performance Dates/Times:
Fri, April 8, 2016, 8:00 PM Sat, April 16, 2016, 8:00 PM
Sat, April 9, 2016, 8:00 PM Sun, April 17, 2016, 3:00 PM
Sun, April 10, 2016, 3:00 PM Fri, April 22, 2016, 8:00 PM
Thu, April 14, 2016, 2:00 PM Sat, April 23, 2016, 2:00 PM
Fri, April 15, 2016, 8:00 PM Sat, April 23, 2016, 8:00 PM
Sat, April 16, 2016, 2:00 PM Sun, April 24, 2016, 3:00 PM
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