Babes in Ho-lland
By Deneen Reynods-Knott
Directed by Leigh Rodon-Davis
January 13, 2024- February 4,2024
World Premiere!
In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two young women connect over a shared love for R&B but quickly discover something deeper. While attending a predominantly white college, these two Black students create their own bubble of self discovery, music, and sanctuary. The stress of first love, financial hardship, and future uncertainty threaten to destroy it.
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Sign My Name to Freedom
The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin
By Michael Gene Sullivan
Directed by Elizabeth Carter
March 29, 2024- April 13,2024
World Premiere!
How do you chronicle 102 years of life? Flood survivor, racial integrator, World War II defense worker, business owner, activist, revolutionary, songwriter, and… park ranger? Bay Area icon Betty Reid Soskin has survived it all. In this World Premiere musical based on her life, acclaimed playwright Michael Gene Sullivan weaves Soskin’s original music in and out of dialogue between The Four Bettys - Little Betty, Married Betty, Revolutionary Betty, and Ranger Betty as they take us through a century of the Negro, Colored, Black, and African-American experiences of this amazing woman. Conceived by Jamie Zimmer, the production boasts choreography direction by laura elaine ellis, aerial choreography by Joanna Haigood, and direction by Elizabeth Carter.
