From a media release:
New Heritage Theatre Group/Voza Rivers and
Take Wing And Soar Productions present
Esther Armah’s SAVIOUR? A new play,
Directed by Passion with Michael Green and Jimmy Aquino*
Dwyer Cultural Center, Harlem (New York)
Limited Engagement Continues to October 30th, 2011
[New York, NY] New Heritage Theatre Group and Take Wing And Soar Productions announced Esther Armah’s SAVIOUR?, a provocative new drama that is a love story about white privilege, black women, sex, betrayal, and power, will play a limited engagement at the DWYER Cultural Center, (258 St. Nicholas Avenue at 123rd Street between St. Nicholas Ave & Frederick Douglass Blvd) October 7 through October 30, 2011. The performance schedule is Friday and Saturday at 7:00 pm, Saturday at 2:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $18 general admission and can be purchased by calling OvationTix at (212) 352-3101 or visiting www.takewingandsoar.org.
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"This play is a roller coaster drama love story with twists and turns. In the age of Obama, post racial means as a playwright I get to look at white privilege, white identity - this emotional, complicated thing through this lens as a black woman,” playwright Armah said. “It’s a dangerous, provocative and sexy world. But I get to look at it, interrogate it, I like that. I'm interested in power and intimacy, in what happens when you strip away the usual walls that keep people at a distance. What will you see? How will you take the truth you really don't want to hear?"
“Playing Billy Hall, I’m a protector of the under privileged; as the character I take things on myself and
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SAVIOUR? will offer post-performance conversations with prominent New Yorkers where its themes can be more deeply explored by the
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In addition to Esther Armah and Passion, the SAVIOUR? creative team includes Pavlo Bosyy (scenic design), Joyce Liao (lighting design), Gail Cooper-Hecht (costume design), and Sean O’Halloran (sound design), and William J Vila* is the production stage manager.
Co-Producers for SAVIOUR? are Voza Rivers, Executive Producer of New Heritage Theatre Group and Debra Ann Byrd, Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Take Wing And Soar Productions.
*Denotes Member AEA
• October 7 - 30, 2011
• Fri – Sat EVE @ 7pm, Sat MAT @ 2pm & Sun MAT @ 3pm
• The DWYER Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue [Bet. 8th & St. Nicholas]
• General Admission $18.00
• www.takewingandsoar.org or Ovation Tix (212)352-3101
• Fri – Sat EVE @ 7pm, Sat MAT @ 2pm & Sun MAT @ 3pm
• The DWYER Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue [Bet. 8th & St. Nicholas]
• General Admission $18.00
• www.takewingandsoar.org or Ovation Tix (212)352-3101
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