 Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Presents "A Soldier's Play" June 17th in Association with Project1VoiceSan Francisco's Lorraine Hansberry Theatre joins PROJECT1VOICE and 26 other African American theatre companies across the U.S. and Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to present simultaneous benefit staged readings of Charles Fuller's "A Soldier’s Play"
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s artistic director, Steven Anthony Jones, comes full circle to direct the reading. In 1981, Jones originated the role of Private James Wilkie in the original cast of A Soldier’s Play, directed by Douglas Turner Ward, at New York’s seminal Negro Ensemble Company. Jones is thrilled that Project1Voice has chosen A Soldier’s Play for 2013. He has fond memories of his time with the original cast. Says Jones, “Not only was I working with a great and talented director, cast and crew, but we all knew, even then, that A Soldier’s Play was destined to become a classic of the American stage” LHT's cast for the San Francisco staged reading includes Jones, as well as Carl Lumbly (Cagney & Lacy, Alias, Southland), Aldo Billingslea, Michael J. Asberry, Nick Childress, Jeff Garrett, Darryl V. Jones, Rafael Jordan, David Moore, Patrick Russell, David Westley Skillman and Reggie D. White. In A Soldier’s Play, a black sergeant cries out in the night, "They still hate you," then is shot twice and falls dead. Set in 1944 at Fort Neal, a segregated army camp in Louisiana, Charles Fuller's forceful drama—which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982—tracks the investigation of this murder. A Soldier's Play is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answers and assigns no simple blame. 1Voice, 1Play, 1Day, a program of Project1Voice (www.project1voice.org) WHEN: One day only: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm (PDT) WHERE: Presented at the San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street (near Powell) San Francisco, California TICKETS: All Seats $25. Available for purchase online at www.LHTSF.org (a $5 convenience fee applies to tickets purchased online). To purchase by phone call the LHT Box Office at (415) 474-8800, or visit the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre offices, 777 Jones Street, San Francisco, Mon–Fri, 11am–5pm. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the 450 Post Street theatre, 2nd floor, one hour prior to the reading, space permitting. [NOTE: Please do not call the San Francisco Playhouse Box Office for tickets or information; ABOUT Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT): Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the core mission of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is to promote the performing arts. LHT presents plays by America's foremost African-American and multicultural playwrights; [NOTE TO MEDIA: Interviews with Steven Anthony Jones are available by arrangement between Thursday, May 30 and Monday, June 17, 2013.] Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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