Zora Returns to Harlem

Zora Returns to Harlem @ Black Spectrum Theatre
Mar
08
Zora Returns to Harlem
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A beautifully acted one-woman play about the electrifying life of writer and renaissance hero Zora Neale Hurston. Journey through Hurston's life, a small town Florida girl who, after losing her mother at the age of nine, was subsequently raised by a rotation of relatives but never lost HOPE and dreamed BIG. Making her move to New York in 1925 with "$1.50, no job, no friends and a lot of hope", Hurston became the first black woman to attend Barnard College and Columbia University and left an indelible mark as one of the greatest writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Written by Laurence Holder (5-time AUDELCO Winner) Starring Antonia Badon (2007 NAACP Award Winner) Directed by Sabura Rashid (2006 Jerome Foundation Emerging Playwright Award) “FLAWLESS," Khadijah Cole “RIVETING," Irma Tyus-Mitchell Black Noir/Strokes of Genius “A HEROIC PERFORMANCE," Playthell Benjamin, Black World Today “SOUL–TINGLING," Richard Fewell, Professor "BRILLIANT," Anthony Whyte, SLR/August Publishing
Date and Time
March 8, 2020 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm America/New York Timezone
Location
Black Spectrum Theatre
177th St. & Baisley Blvd. (within Roy Wilkins Park)
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#blackspectrum #jamaicany #southeastqueens theatre
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A beautifully acted one-woman play about the electrifying life of writer and renaissance hero Zora Neale Hurston.

Journey through Hurston’s life, a small town Florida girl who, after losing her mother at the age of nine, was subsequently raised by a rotation of relatives but never lost HOPE and dreamed BIG. Making her move to New York in 1925 with “$1.50, no job, no friends and a lot of hope”, Hurston became the first black woman to attend Barnard College and Columbia University and left an indelible mark as one of the greatest writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

Written by Laurence Holder (5-time AUDELCO Winner)
Starring Antonia Badon (2007 NAACP Award Winner)
Directed by Sabura Rashid (2006 Jerome Foundation Emerging Playwright Award)

“FLAWLESS,” Khadijah Cole
“RIVETING,” Irma Tyus-Mitchell Black Noir/Strokes of Genius
“A HEROIC PERFORMANCE,” Playthell Benjamin, Black World Today
“SOUL–TINGLING,” Richard Fewell, Professor
“BRILLIANT,” Anthony Whyte, SLR/August Publishing