This production was threatened with cancellation due to losing an actor or two along the way, but the replacements and the remaining cast/crew believed in this show, and saved it through reimagining it as a staged reading. Actors Annescia Dillard, Twyla Birdsong, Ny’Kieria Blocker and newcomer Jackson Schmitz — with gospel singers Rose Jangmi Cooper and Karrington Kelsey —brought this story to life, complete with costumes, props and set.
For more information about the quilts of Gee’s Bend, check out https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2015/quilts-gees-bend-slideshow and you can “Take a Trip to Gee’s Bend” for free on your lunch hour Tuesday, March 22 at noon at the Michigan Room (at the circle drive on Grand Ave.) or via Webex, to learn more about the African American women residents and their beautiful quilts. If you attend in person, feel free to bring your lunch; they’ll have light refreshments. If you attend via Webex, you’ll find the link on the calendar at http://www.lcc.edu/showinfo
Gee’s Bend continues Saturday March 19 and next week March 25-26@ 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10-$5 online or at the door.
LCC Black box Theatre/Gannon Building 1422 -
Park on Grand Avenue just north of Shiawassee and enter through the small door on the south end of the Gannon building.