GEM OF THE OCEAN
Presented by Human Race Theatre Company
March 29-April 15
Dayton
Reviews: Dayton City Paper | Dayton Most Metro |
Each of the ten plays in the late August Wilson’s famed “Pittsburgh Cycle” covers a different decade of the 1900s in an urban African-American neighborhood, and Gem, while the next-to-last written, is the first chronologically. It’s set in 1904, an age when slavery no longer exists but oppression remains all too real, and where the problems of the residents seem overwhelming. At the core of the story is Aunt Ester, whose 285 years of life include a journey to America on a slave ship, and who uses her experiences to bring moral guidance to new generations.
Directed by Mark Clayton Southers
Cast: Bryant Bentley as Caesar Wilks, Kevin Brown as Eli, Alan Bomar Jones as Solly Two Kings, Dwandra Nickole as Aunt Ester Tyler, Jonathan Berry as Citizen Barlow, Scott Stoney as Rutherford Selig & Marva Willians as Black Mary Wilks
- In preview, Thu, March 29 at 8pm
- Fri-Sat, March 30-31 at 8pm
- Sun, April at 2pm & 7pm
- Tue, April 3 at 7pm
- Wed-Sat, April 4-7 at 8pm
- Sun, April 8 at 2pm
- Wed-Sat, April 11-14 at 8pm
- Sun, April 15 at 2pm
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Local media coverage: Dayton Most Metro article |
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