Grambling State University Theatre to present Steal Away, by Ramona King October 11-14,
2016 in the Recital Hall, located in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center.

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Grambling State University is pleased to
announce its 2016-2017 season opener, Steal Away by Ramona King. Set in the 1930s of
Chicago, the five matriarch members of the Negro Women’s Organization for Youth are
“running out of dough” and need to find other ways to help support young African American
females receive a college education. With the depression on the rise, patrons are not
purchasing the baked goods the ladies are selling to raise funds. Tracy Ada, a recent college
graduate and recipient of the NWOY funds, has conjured up a plan to take possession of what is
owed to these ladies and their organization. With guns and bags in hand and the ground plan
of The Chicago Savings and Loan Bank memorized, the ladies set out to take what is rightfully
theirs.

Directed by Karl V. Norman, the cast includes Aaliyah Robinson as Tracy Ada Kyzer, Erika
Goode-Perry as Stella Margaret Kyzer, Taylor Humes as Sudy Atkinson, Jasmyn Curry as Rinita
Ruth, Payton Warren as Jade Long and Jhanae Okain as Blulah Daniels.

Performances dates are October 11-14, 2016 and the show begins at 7pm. Tickets are $1 for
children 12 years and younger, $3 for students 13 and older and $5 for general admission.
Grambling State students get in free with their student ID (must obtain a ticket at the box
office). The box office will open forty-five minutes before performance time. For more
information or group reservations, please call Mary F. Crook at 274-2892.

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