KARAMU HOUSE COLLABORATES WITH NYC'S PROJECT 1 VOICE Karamu presents staged reading of Pulitzer-Prize finalist YELLOWMAN by Dael Orlandersmith with NYC Project 1 Voice's international 1PLAY, 1DAY celebration. a staged reading of YELLOWMAN written by DAEL ORLANDERSMITH featuring INDIA BURTON JOSHUA MCELROY JACK SCHMITT KEVONA WOODARD directed by NATHAN A. LILLY June 19, 2017 | 7PM Karamu House Jelliffe Theatre (Cleveland, OH) Karamu House, in collaboration with NYC-based Project 1VOICE, will once again collaborate to produce the annual 1PLAY, 1DAY international event with a staged reading of the play YELLOWMAN on June 19, 2017 at Karamu's historic Jelliffe Theatre located at 2355 East 89th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. The performances will begin at 7PM. General admission tickets are $15 and can be secured by visiting www.karamuhouse.org or call 216.795.7077. Karamu House continues its commitment to producing socially-relevant material and delivering culturally-responsive arts programs for the community. Karamu will host the staged reading of Yellowman a memory play following the tragically intertwined love story between Alma, a large, dark-skinned black woman and Eugene, a tall, light-skinned black man from childhood to adulthood. Yellowman takes place in the Gullah community in South Carolina in the 1960s. It poetically examines intra-racial discrimination, cyclical abuse, class, alcoholism and racism. Produced in collaboration with Project 1 Voice staged readings of Yellowman will take place in 45 theatres in 3 countries. Project 1VOICE is a not-for-profit performing arts service organization, based in New York City, dedicated to the promotion and support of Black theater and playwrights. Project 1VOICE's signature initiative is 1VOICE / 1PLAY / 1DAY. Each year, on the third Monday in June, Project1VOICE presents an international event with over 200 coordinated events, in person and via live streaming. Since 2011, theaters and cultural institutions across the country and around the world have presented staged readings of a classic play or musical by an African-American writer or composer - "1PLAY," simultaneously on "1DAY". The inaugural program took place in fifteen cities across the United States. Yellowman is being presented with special permission granted by Dramatic Play Services, INC. This play contains mature themes, brief violence and strong language. DAEL ORLANDERSMITH (Playwright) was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Drama Desk Award nominee for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play for Yellowman. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, The Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2005 PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for a playwright in mid-career. She is the recipient of a Lucille Lortel Foundation Playwrights Fellowship and an Obie Award for Beauty's Daughter. She has toured with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Real Live Poetry) throughout the world and has had plays produced at the McCarter, the Wilma, NYTW, and Manhattan Theatre Club. For tickets, visit us online at www.karamuhouse.org or call 216.795.7077.