SOUND CHECK
Written and Directed by SaMi Chester
Starring Portia
Conceived by Russell G. Jones
Please join us on Monday, May 18th, at noon or 3 pm for a theatrical presentation exploring a pivotal moment in history.
In February of 1967, Nina Simone had a mental breakdown while on tour with Bill Cosby. In April of the same year, after a brief rest, she and her highly volatile and notoriously abusive husband/manager, Andy Stroud, headed back on the road for a short tour of the UK. She was joined by activist/comedian Dick Gregory, a new father and fresh from his mayoral bid in Chicago against democratic machine boss Richard J. Daley.
With the civil rights movement at a crossroads and the seemingly never-ending war in Vietnam, the two icons debate the future of an ever-changing world and their place in it.
Portia will play Nina Simone
Russell G. Jones will play Dick Gregory.
Writer/Director SaMi Chester steers the ship.