Produced in partnership with the National Black Arts Festival, Theatrical Outfit brings back Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s Gee’s Bend, recent winner of the 2008 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright.
Noted by the AJC as one of 2007’s “Best Shows,” Gee’s Bend tells the story of the courageous African-American quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, whose faith and craft transformed suffering and injustice into beauty and meaning.
Director Gary Yates and the original cast return from the Outfit’s fall 2007 production.
July 16-27, 2008. Weds. - Sats. at 7:30 pm; Sats. and Suns. at 2:30 pm. $25. Group discounts and $10 student tickets available; $10 Seniors matinee on Wed., July 23 at 2:30 pm; call 678.528.1497. For tickets and more information, call the Box Office at 678.258.1500. Theatrical Outfit, the Balzer Theater at Herren’s, 84 Luckie St., Atlanta. Box office open Tues.- Fri. 12-6 pm. 678.528.1500; www.theatricaloutfit.org.
