[NEohioPAL] Gem of the Ocean at Karamu House

[Vivian Wilson]

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre Presents August Wilson's, 

Gem of the Ocean directed by Michael Oatman, Cleveland Arts Prize Winner

 Gem of the Ocean is the first installment of August Wilson's
decade-by-decade, ten-play chronicle, The Pittsburgh Cycle, dramatizing
the African-American experience in the twentieth century.  The play is
set in 1904 at 1839 Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Aunt
Ester, the drama's 285-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her home
Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union
Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new
life. Citizen Barlow is in search of redemption. Aunt Ester is not too
old to practice healing; she guides him on a lyrical journey of
spiritual awakening to the City of Bones.

 Karamu's talented, experienced cast, consisting of DeNny Averhart as
Aunt Ester, Butch Terry as Solly Two Kings; Kyle Carthens as Citizen
Barlow; Rodney Freeman as Rutherford Selig; Cornell Calhoun III as
Caesar Wilkes, Lauren Sturdivant as Black Mary; Daniel Gray Kontar as
Eli plus an award winning Playwright, August Wilson and an award winning
Director, Michael Oatman  make Karamu's Gem of the Ocean  a "must see"
production. 

 Performances are Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00
pm.  There are two performances scheduled on May 19th,  one at 3:00 pm
and one at 8:00 pm  Tickets are $20.00 on Thursday and Sunday and $25.00
on Friday and Saturday.  Group, senior and student discounts are
available.  Tickets maybe purchased on line at www.karamuhouse.org or
via phone from our box office at 216-795-7077.  Performances run through
June 3, 2012.

 Come to Karamu and Feel at Home In the House, Karamu House is the
oldest African American Cultural Arts Institution in the United States
and recipient of an Ohio Historical Marker.   Karamu House Inc. is
supported in part by The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, The Ohio Lottery, The Ohio Arts Council and is generously
funded by Cuyahoga  County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

 

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Vivian C. Wilson

Marketing Director

Karamu House

2355 East 89th Street

Cleveland, OH 44106

Ph: 216-795-7070 extension 215

Fax 216-795-7073

vwilson at karamuhouse.org

www.karamuhouse.org

Feel at Home in the House!

 

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