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American Theatre Projects presents the World Premiere of “Women Who Kill” written by China Clark, directed by Ed Bishop and starring Valentine Pierce and Beverly Taylor as “Ivory”, also starring Diana Shortes, Claudia Baumgarten with Burton Tedesco, Carlos Gonzalez and Daniel Skelly. It opens Thursday, April 21, 2011, and runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday through May 7, 2011.
All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. with reserved seating as well as general seating. Tickets are $15.00 and $17.50 for reserved seats in an arena seating house at the Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119. For additional information ...Read More
American Theatre Projects presents the World Premiere of “Women Who Kill” written by China Clark, directed by Ed Bishop and starring Valentine Pierce and Beverly Taylor as “Ivory”, also starring Diana Shortes, Claudia Baumgarten with Burton Tedesco, Carlos Gonzalez and Daniel Skelly. It opens Thursday, April 21, 2011, and runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday through May 7, 2011.
All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. with reserved seating as well as general seating. Tickets are $15.00 and $17.50 for reserved seats in an arena seating house at the Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119. For additional information call 504.298.8676. For reserved tickets call 504.957.9283.
“Women Who Kill” is written and directed with the institution of education as its centerpiece. Several issues associated with education are explored, including institutionalized responses to intelligence, racism, feminism and cultural stereotyping.
Ms. Clark, who was a scriptwriter for the Bill Cosby Show also resides in New Orleans from time to time, finds parallels between what has happened with secondary and high school education in New Orleans and New York City. As a teaching artist, Ed Bishop agrees with those parallels. Bishop believes that the heretofore destructive impact of educational systems like those in NYC and NOLA along with strong cultural and social elements, lead to discrimination and disenfranchisement of many gifted children. As such post-show talk-backs will be held to create on-going dialogue on these issues.
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