[NEohioPAL] Josephine Baker : The Black Pearl

[Arts Administration]

*New play about Josephine Baker premieres in September at UA *



(Akron, OH) — *Josephine Baker: The Black Pearl* premieres in September at
The University of Akron’s (UA) Sandefur Theatre in Guzzetta Hall, 157
University Ave., across from E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.



Performances are Sept. 13-15 and Sept. 20-22 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 2
p.m.

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*Josephine Baker: The Black Pearl* is the story of the fantastic life of
trailblazing black performer Josephine Baker.



UA Theatre Professor Susan Speers, director of last season’s successful *The
Gospel According to Tammy Faye*, is the writer and director of *The Black
Pearl*. Jack Schantz, who leads UA’s Jazz Studies Program, is the musical
director.



Known as  “the highest-paid chorus girl” in America in the 1920s, Josephine
Baker moved to France in 1925. She achieved international fame as a
performer with the Folies Bergeres, and became the toast of Parisian
cabaret society. She was the first American-born woman to receive the
French Croix de Guerre for her work on behalf of the French Resistance
during World War II. Although she spent most of her life in Paris, she also
supported the American Civil Rights movement, appearing on the stage with
Dr. Martin Luther King in the March on Washington.


Tickets for Josephine Baker: The Black Pearl are $12 for general admission;
$10 for seniors and UA faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for students.
Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information,
call  (330) 972-7895 or visit http://www.uakron.edu/dtaa.
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