Grambling, LA – Grambling State University Theatre to present Blues for an Alabama Sky, by Pearl Cleage October 6-9, 2015 at the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre, located in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center.

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Grambling State University is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 season opener, Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Set in 1930 Harlem, New York, the harsh realities of the Great Depression have devastated the bright decade of the Harlem Renaissance. Disease and poverty have overshadowed the creative happiness that fueled a surge of African-American artists. A timeless look at hopeful dreams in hopeless days, this is a story with a rich cast of characters, each scrambling to survive and make sense of their overlapping personalities, politics and love.

Directed by Paul Bolin, the production staff includes Quintara Johnson as production stage manager, David Kaul as set and lighting designer, Lucita Foster as sound designer and Teshia Lincoln as costume designer.

The cast includes: Ka’Darius Gray as Guy, Mionne Featherstone as Angel, Adarian Williams as Sam, Erika Goode-Perry as Delia and Ibraheem Farmer as Leland.

Performances dates are October 6-9, 2015 and the show begins at 7pm. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for general admission. Tickets will go on sale starting Monday September 28, 2015. Box office will be open from the hours of 1pm-5pm Monday through Thursday and thirty minutes before performance time. For more information, please 274-2892.

For mature audiences only.

 

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