Community Corner
SHE TALKS TO BEETHOVEN, by Adrienne Kennedy at JACK
Clinton Hill performance venue JACK produces the first professional production of this bold short work by visionary playwright Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Charlotte Brathwaite (Princess Grace Award) in collaboration with Abigail DeVille (resident artist, Studio Museum in Harlem). She Talks to Beethoven is a 30-minute, non-seated installation/performance that integrates found objects, drawing, silhouette and projection to tell the story of Suzanne Alexander, an African-American woman living in 1961 post-independence Ghana. After the sudden and mysterious disappearance of her husband, she seeks solace in the spirit of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, whose letters she has been studying.
Featuring Natalie Paul as Suzanne and Paul-Robert Pryce as Beethoven.
Performances:
Previews: Wednesday, January 15 at 8 pm and 8:45 pm
Regular performances:
Thursday – Sunday, January 16 – 19, at 8 pm and 8:45 pm
Wednesday – Friday, January 22 – 24, at 8 pm and 8:45 pm
Saturday, January 25, at 6 pm and 6:45 pm
Tickets:
$10 ($7 for previews). Available at www.brownpapertickets.com, or at the door
More info: http://www.jackny.org/she-talks-to-beethoven.html