The Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall presents the Fall 2008 Performance Season. We are pleased to collaborate with a number of groups from Greater Boston to bring a wide range of exciting and affordable entertainment to the RCAHH throughout the year. Many of these performances are suitable for children and teens (please see specific show descriptions below).
February 28th @ 6PM: Roxbury Discussion Series - Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka, born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist who has recited poetry and lectured on cultural and political issues extensively in the USA, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. His awards and honors include an Obie, the American Academy of Arts & Letters award, the James Weldon Johnson Medal for contributions to the arts, Rockefeller Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts grants, Professor Emeritus at the State university of New York at Stony Brook, and the Poet Laureate of New Jersey.
March 6th @ 6PM: Roxbury Discussion Series - Kim McLarin
Kim McLarin is respected as "one of the bravest novelists in recent times" (Philadelphia Tribune). She is a former journalist for the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Associated Press, among other news organizations. The author of the critically acclaimed novels Taming It Down and Meeting of the Waters, McLarin is currently writer-in-residence at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
March 8th @ 8PM: Love & Laughter - TryMEntertainment
Love & Laughter!! is an event you have to experience. Join us for an entertaining night of clean, wholesome fun, hosted by Corey Manning from Jamie Foxx's LAFFAPALOOZA's New Face in Comedy. Features live performance by singers, dancers and poets. Interviews with special surprise guest. Plus headlining comedians from Def Comedy Jam, Comedy Central, Who's Got Jokes, and LAFFAPALOOZA, will bring their original, creative and clean humor to what will be a memorable event.
March 14th - 16th @ 8PM: "Two Can Play"
Kingston, Jamaica, circa 1980. As bullets fly by the windows, Jim and Gloria fantasize about leaving their small war-torn Caribbean nation for a new life in the U.S. But when fantasy meets reality, their marriage becomes the first victim of American-style idealism. Two Can Play is a romantic comedy that takes a hilarious and revealing look at the perils of love, marriage, and the American dream.
April 17th - 19th @ 10AM & 2PM: "Are You Ready My Sister"
"Are You Ready, My Sister?" tells the exciting story of Harriet Tubman, and the Quaker women who helped her bring 300 fugitives to freedom. This historical adventure story is told by two actress/puppeteers using a giant patchwork quilt; as the plot unfolds, each square of the quilt comes to life with shadow-puppets and painted back-lit scenery. Besides providing a brilliantly colorful setting, the quilt is a metaphor of women's work and collaborations. The play features audience participation, dramatic scenes and live music based on the spirituals of the slave-era. Appropriate for adults and students grades 3-8.
For complete information on the performance season and Hiberbnian Hall please visit www.rcahh.org
