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Birds of a Feather
by Charles Briggs
Directed by Richard Morris Jr.
February 9 – February 24, 2008 (Arena)

This Colorful Stage Cartoon, Birds of a Feather is loosely based on the story of Rosa Parks and the jitney bus boycott of the 1960's, however in this version, all the characters are birds. A Lavender Sookoo Secretary bird boards a bus, and asks a  Humble Wrenkoo seamstress to relenquish her perch (seat) what ensues will turn the land of the Amakoos upside down, and lead to its first bus birdcott. It is up to Vesper Sparrow and the Court of White Owls to make civil rights out of civil wrongs, and calm the ruffled feathers to all the birds in the land of the Amakoos.
 "It is better to hop a while, so one may ride in style" ------ the Wrenkoo Examiner.

  

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A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
One Act adaptation by Shambrion Treadwell and Lamont Livingston
Directed by Lamont Livingston
May 3 -  May 18, 2008 (Arena)
no show on Mothers Day the May 11th.

This play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance. When the play opens, Mama, the sixty-year-old mother of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the death of her husband, and the drama will focus primarily on how the $10,000 should be spent. The story is based upon Hansberry's own experiences growing up in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. It was the first play written by a black woman to be on Broadway An all-teen cast and director take on this classic.

 Terrence Spivey
Artistic Director
Karamu House
216-795-7070 ext. 240