[NEohioPAL]Catch an excerpt from Karamu's 2006 Spring production of "Dream on Monkey Mountain" at 1st Black Culture Festival Today (OH)

Sat Aug 13 11:02:06 PDT 2005

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C5A00F.971AD980
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre will present an excerpt from the 2006 =
Spring production of Derek Walcott's "Dream on Monkey Mountain" at =
Cleveland's first Black Culture International Parade and Festival today =
at 5pm at Tri-C Metro Courtyard. The free event is open to the public. =
For more information about the festival, please call 216-253-0351. =20

"Dream on Monkey Mountain"

Setting: A West Indian Island

In this excerpt from the play, Makak and Moustique encounters a sick =
family down the road while on their journey to Africa.=20

Cornell Calhoun III - Makak, charcoal-burner
Desmond Jones - Moustique, friend to Makak
Jasper Howard - Basil, the cabinet maker, figure of death
Lucky Dickerson - mother
Kenny Johnson- peasant
Lamont Livingston - sick boy
Alvin Mitchell - Master Drummer
Cinque Spivey - Student Drummer =20

Directed by Terrence Spivey
Artistic Director, Karamu House

Also, catch this scene at Ingenuity, A Festival of Art and Technology on =
Friday, September 2, 2005 @ 7pm.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---------------------------------------------------------

DREAM ON MONKEY MOUNTAIN by Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott (Drama)=20
Last seen on the Karamu stage thirty-four years ago, this timely classic =
returns to the Jelliffe theatre once again. It was first performed on =
August 12, 1967, at the Central Library Theatre in Toronto, Canada and =
made its New York City debut on March 14, 1971, at St. Mark's Playhouse, =
with Walcott collecting an Obie award and touring Europe to boot. After =
filming the lead in Superfly the late Karamu alum Ron 'O Neal returned =
to Cleveland to direct and star as Corporal Lestrade in this production =
with another alum, the late classical actor Clayton Corbin. It premiered =
at Karamu April 6, 1972. Praised by critics and scholars as a =
masterpiece Dream on Monkey Mountain  is a complex allegory, which, at =
its heart, concerns racial identity. Makak, the central character of the =
play, lives alone in the Caribbeans on Monkey Mountain and has not seen =
his own reflection in thirty years. He sets out on a pilgrimage back to =
Africa to discovers his self worth as a black man, his spirit and the =
belief that he was once king with magical powers. It is a work to =
behold-weaving together fantasy and reality.=20

April 28- May 21, 2006 (Jelliffe Theatre) Terrence Spivey, Director=20

-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--------------------------------
------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C5A00F.971AD980
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Garamond"><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Karamu Performing Arts =
Theatre will=20
present an excerpt from the 2006 Spring production of Derek =
Walcott's=20
"Dream on Monkey Mountain" at Cleveland's first Black Culture =
International=20
Parade and Festival today at 5pm at Tri-C Metro Courtyard. The free =
event is=20
open to the public. For more information about the festival, please call =

216-253-0351.  </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Garamond"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Dream on Monkey =
Mountain"</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Garamond"><FONT=20
size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Setting: A West Indian =
Island</P>
<DIV>In this excerpt from the play, Makak and Moustique encounters a =
sick family=20
down the road while on their journey to Africa. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Cornell Calhoun III - Makak, charcoal-burner</DIV>
<DIV>Desmond Jones - Moustique, friend to Makak</DIV>
<DIV>Jasper Howard - Basil, the cabinet maker, figure of death</DIV>
<DIV>Lucky Dickerson - mother</DIV>
<DIV>Kenny Johnson- peasant</DIV>
<DIV>Lamont Livingston - sick boy</DIV>
<DIV>Alvin Mitchell - Master Drummer</DIV>
<DIV>Cinque Spivey - Student Drummer  </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Directed by Terrence Spivey</DIV>
<DIV>Artistic Director, Karamu House</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also, catch this scene at Ingenuity, A Festival of Art =
and=20
Technology on Friday, September 2, 2005 @=20
7pm.</DIV></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Garamond"><FONT=20
size=3D2><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">-------------------------------------------------------------------=
---------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></B=
></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Garamond"><FONT=20
size=3D2><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">DREAM ON MONKEY =
MOUNTAIN</SPAN></B> by=20
Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott (Drama) <BR>Last seen on the Karamu =
stage=20
thirty-four years ago, this timely classic returns to the Jelliffe =
theatre once=20
again. It was first performed on August 12, 1967, at the Central Library =
Theatre=20
in Toronto, Canada and made its New York City debut on March 14, 1971, =
at St.=20
Mark's Playhouse, with Walcott collecting an Obie award and touring =
Europe to=20
boot. After filming the lead in <I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-STYLE: italic">Superfly</SPAN></I> the late Karamu alum =
Ron 'O Neal=20
returned to Cleveland to direct and star as Corporal Lestrade in this =
production=20
with another alum, the late classical actor Clayton Corbin. It premiered =
at=20
Karamu April 6, 1972. Praised by critics and scholars as a masterpiece =
<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-STYLE: italic">Dream on Monkey Mountain</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>is a complex allegory, which, =
at its=20
heart, concerns racial identity. Makak, the central character of the =
play, lives=20
alone in the Caribbeans on Monkey Mountain and has not seen his own =
reflection=20
in thirty years. He sets out on a pilgrimage back to Africa to discovers =
his=20
self worth as a black man, his spirit and the belief that he was once =
king with=20
magical powers. It is a work to behold=97weaving together fantasy and=20
reality. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
face=3DGaramond=20
size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><FONT =
size=3D2>April=20
28- May 21, 2006<I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: italic"> =
</SPAN></I>(Jelliffe=20
Theatre) Terrence Spivey, Director</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------------------------------------</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C5A00F.971AD980--