[NEohioPAL]Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry at Miller South

Tue Feb 17 17:08:33 PST 2004

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Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts
Drama Department
1055 East Ave.
Akron, OH  44307  330--761-1765

Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts is very pleased to 
present:

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, a stage adaptation by Philadelphia 
playwright Ed Shockley of the award-winning children's novel written by 
Mildred Taylor, will be presented at Miller South School for the Visual 
& Performing Arts in February in honor of African American History 
Month.  This powerful story relates how one family deals with racial 
discrimination during the Depression. Set in Mississippi, the unfolding 
and terrifying events are seen through the eyes of Cassie, the young 
daughter in the Logan family.  The stage adaptation is an 
expressionistic interpretation of this harrowing yet inspiring story of 
how one family manages to survive and overcome despite the indignities 
and brutality of racism.  Please note that strong language (that is 
authentic to the time, place and characters and that appears in the 
actual novel) is used at times.  Violent situations occur but are not 
presented in a gratuitous and graphic manner.  This story allows us to 
experience the long and immense struggle for equality and freedom that 
took place in this country after the Civil War

The play will be presented on the following dates:

Thursday, February 19th and Saturday, February 21st - 7 PM.    Evening 
performances for the community.  Tickets:  $5.00 for adults; $3.00 
Senior Citizens and Students.  Special Group rate for groups of ten or 
more:  Adults $4.00; Senior Citizens and Students:  $2.00.  Call the 
school to make group reservations.

Friday, February 20th at 9 AM:  School performance for Miller South 
Students and members of the community. Tickets:  $5.00 for adults; $3.00 
Senior Citizens and Students.  Special Group rate for groups of ten or 
more:  Adults $4.00; Senior Citizens and Students:  $2.00.  Call the 
school to make group reservations.

Monday, February 23 -  9:30 AM:  special school performance.  Student 
tickets $1.00.  Teachers and adult chaperones - free admission.  A study 
guide will be available three weeks prior to the show.  Schools should 
contact Miller South to reserve seats for this performance.

Playwright Ed Shockley will be our guest for the Thursday and Friday 
performances. 

Ed Shockley, M.F.A, is author of more than fifty plays, two teleplays, 
two feature film scripts, one volume of poetry and numerous articles on 
the craft of playwriting.  He is best known for the record setting 
musicals Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues and Bobos (co-authored with 
James McBride).  Other notable works include The Liars Contest and the 
stage adaptation of Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.  
Major awards include the Stephen Sondheim Award for Outstanding 
Contributions to American Musical Theatre, the Richard Rogers Award, HBO 
New Writers Contest, Audelco Award for Best Musical Production and the 
American Minority Playwright Contest Award.  Recent honors include a 
2002 PA State Arts Council Fellowship, the 2003 New Professional Theatre 
Writers Festival prize and the publication of The Box and Bedlam Moon by 
Playscripts.com.  Mr. Shockley has taught at numerous universities and 
schools including N.Y.U., Nassau Community College, Temple University 
(Future Faculty Fellow), Gettysburg College, and Rutgers University.  He 
is currently is a senior lecturer at University of the Arts and artistic 
director of both the Philadelphia Dramatists Center and the American 
Concert Theatre project at the historic Community Education Center in 
West Philadelphia.

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Miller South School
for the Visual & Performing Arts
 
Drama Department
 
1055 East Ave. 
Akron, OH  44307 
330--761-1765 
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Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts is
very pleased to present:
Roll
of Thunder Hear My Cry, a stage
adaptation by Philadelphia playwright Ed Shockley of the award-winning
children’s novel written by Mildred Taylor, will be presented at Miller
South
School for the Visual & Performing Arts in February in honor of
African
American History Month.  This powerful
story relates how one family deals with racial discrimination during
the Depression.
Set in Mississippi, the unfolding and terrifying events are seen
through the
eyes of Cassie, the young daughter in the Logan family. 
The stage adaptation is an expressionistic
interpretation of this harrowing yet inspiring story of how one family
manages
to survive and overcome despite the indignities and brutality of racism.  Please note that strong language (that is
authentic to the time, place and characters and that appears in the
actual
novel) is used at times.  Violent
situations occur but are not presented in a gratuitous and graphic
manner.  This story allows us to experience the
long
and immense struggle for equality and freedom that took place in this
country after the Civil War
The play will be
presented on the following dates:
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Thursday, February 19th and
Saturday, February
21st – 7 PM.    Evening
performances for the community. 
Tickets:  $5.00 for adults; $3.00
Senior Citizens and Students.  Special
Group rate for groups of ten or more: 
Adults $4.00; Senior Citizens and Students:  $2.00.  Call the school to
make group reservations.
 Friday,
February 20th at 9 AM:  School
performance for Miller South Students
and members of the community. Tickets: 
$5.00 for adults; $3.00 Senior Citizens and Students.  Special Group rate for groups of ten or
more:  Adults $4.00; Senior Citizens and
Students:  $2.00.  Call
the school to make group reservations.
 Monday,
February 23 – 
9:30 AM:  special school
performance.  Student tickets
$1.00.  Teachers and adult chaperones –
free admission.  A study guide will be
available three weeks prior to the show. 
Schools should contact Miller South to reserve seats for this
performance.

Playwright Ed Shockley will be our guest for the Thursday
and Friday performances.  
 Ed Shockley,
M.F.A, is author of more than fifty
plays, two teleplays, two feature film scripts, one volume of poetry
and
numerous articles on the craft of playwriting. 
He is best known for the record setting musicals Bessie
Smith:
Empress of the Blues and Bobos (co-authored with James
McBride).  Other notable works include The
Liars Contest and the stage adaptation of Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll
of
Thunder Hear My Cry.  Major awards
include the Stephen Sondheim Award for Outstanding Contributions to
American
Musical Theatre, the Richard Rogers Award, HBO New Writers Contest,
Audelco
Award for Best Musical Production and the American Minority Playwright
Contest
Award.  Recent honors include a 2002 PA
State Arts Council Fellowship, the 2003 New Professional Theatre
Writers
Festival prize and the publication of The Box and Bedlam
Moon by
Playscripts.com.  Mr. Shockley has
taught at numerous universities and schools including N.Y.U., Nassau
Community
College, Temple University (Future Faculty Fellow), Gettysburg College,
and
Rutgers University.  He is currently is
a senior lecturer at University of the Arts and artistic director of
both the
Philadelphia Dramatists Center and the American Concert Theatre project
at the
historic Community Education Center in West Philadelphia.
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