“Ain’t I a Woman!” – Musical Theater Event

A chamber music theater work for actress and trio (cello, piano & percussion) celebrating the lives and times of four significant African American Women: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter, and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer. Text is by Kim Hines.The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals of the Deep South, the urban exuberance of the Jazz Age and concert music by African American composers including Diane Monroe.

Co-Sponsored by the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion
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