From the Mississippi Delta

From the Mississippi Delta will be performed July 9-24, 2011 at the Theatre at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St.
There will be a preview at 7pm on Fri., July 8 at 7pm. Tickets for the preview performance are $5. Performances will take place on Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door.

From the Mississippi Delta
By Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Ph. D.;
Directed by Tim Rhoze
Delta is an autobiographical work by the late playwright Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland. It traces her girlhood from the day of her 11th birthday through her graduation at the University of Minnesota. She journeys through poverty and abuse in the Jim Crow South, becomes an activist in the civil rights movement, cloaks herself in academic achievement and ultimately triumphs as a Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright.

These are just a few memories of a courageous woman as portrayed by three dynamic actresses playing all the characters – black and white, young and old, men and women – who make this world come alive in an eloquently potent and impassioned journey filled with story and song.