[NEohioPAL]Plain Dealer Guide: Funny play is controversial, too

Wed Sep 1 14:58:17 PDT 2004

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Funny play is controversial, too=20
Sunday October 17=20
Friday, August 27, 2004
The funniest play scheduled for Cleveland-area stages this fall might =
prove to be the most controversial as well.
http://www.cleveland.com/fallguide/

Jonathan Reynolds' "Stonewall Jackson's House" is about a black woman =
who serves as a tour guide in the haphazardly restored home of a =
Confederate general. Partway through a tour one day, she stops and begs =
a well-to-do Ohio couple to take her home as their personal slave.=20

According to critics who have seen the comedy, it is not only funny, it =
is viciously, unapologetically and brutally funny, questioning our =
assumptions about race and bigotry and turning many of our politically =
correct views on sensitive subjects on their heads.=20
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Terrence Spivey, the new artistic director at Karamu Performing Arts =
Theatre Cleveland's leading black theater and the oldest in the country =
is the man responsible for bringing the play to Cleveland.=20

It runs Wednesday, Oct. 27, through Sunday, Nov. 21, at the intimate =
Arena Theatre at Karamu House, 2355 East 89th St., Cleveland. Tickets =
are $8 to $14. The number to call is 216-795-7070.=20

- Tony Brown=20

=A9 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission.

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is controversial, too Sunday October 17 Friday, August 27, =
2004 The=20
funniest play scheduled for Cleveland-area stages this fall might prove =
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face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Jonathan Reynolds' "Stonewall =
Jackson's House" is=20
about a black woman who serves as a tour guide in the haphazardly =
restored home=20
of a Confederate general. Partway through a tour one day, she stops and =
begs a=20
well-to-do Ohio couple to take her home as their personal slave.=20
 According to critics who have seen the comedy, it is not only =
funny, it=20
is viciously, unapologetically and brutally funny, questioning our =
assumptions=20
about race and bigotry and turning many of our politically correct views =
on=20
sensitive subjects on their heads.     Terrence =
Spivey,=20
the new artistic director at Karamu Performing Arts Theatre Cleveland's =
leading=20
black theater and the oldest in the country is the man responsible for =
bringing=20
the play to Cleveland. It runs Wednesday, Oct. 27, through =
Sunday, Nov.=20
21, at the intimate Arena Theatre at Karamu House, 2355 East 89th St.,=20
Cleveland. Tickets are $8 to $14. The number to call is 216-795-7070. =
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Tony Brown =A9 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with=20
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