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Rhapsody in Black (USA)

  • Actors Studio/Bardavon
Performance image, Rhapsody in Black (USA), bibu, 2018
Rhapsody in Black

Rhapsody in Black follows one man´s spellbinding personal journey through an underprivileged childhood in the ghettos of McKeesport, Pennsylvania to teenage experiments with crime and drugs to scholastic achievement and an acting career that lands him in situations where he is virtually the only African American in the room. How he manages to cope with the various psychological effects of consistently being marked The Other is recounted in remarkable and exquisitely moving detail, guaranteed to leave lasting impressions.

Watch trailer here.

The performance is a part of the project Shadowland, arranged by Swedish ASSITEJ and funded by Svenska Postkodstiftelsen.

The performances on Tuesday 17th of May are only open for schools.

From 15 years

Time and place

Group:

Actors Studio/Bardavon

Cast:

Direction: Estelle Parsons, NYC`s Actors Studio

Script: LeLand Gantt

Set design: Court Watson and Peter Larkin

On stage: LeLand Gantt