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"The Blue Vein Society" and "Sweat"
The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company (PRPAC) is pleased to present two riveting one act plays, “The Blue Vein Society” by writer/director Samuel L Kelley and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, directed by SU student James Miller. Performance times are: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, September 25th through October 18th at 7:00 pm and Sundays for special groups only. Held at the Dee-Davis Room located at 805 E. Genesee Street in Syracuse. Tickets are $15 for the general public $8 for students and seniors with ID and $5 group rates.
“The Blue Vein Society “ ... is not just about class and color among African Americans. It is about a world in which we still judge people more by the color of their skin than the content of their character. “It is an unflinching examination of the highly sensitive intra-racial issue of color and class within African American culture,” says Kelly. The play is based on Charles Chesnutt’s short story, “The Wife of His Youth.” Chesnutt is the first African American fiction writer to achieve international acclaim. Separated by slavery and war, a black woman searches for her long lost husband, only to find that he has changed his name and identity and is part of a club that excludes dark-skinned African Americans. He pretends not to recognize his darker skinned wife from slavery until she and his present fair-skinned fiancé force him to confront his past.
"Sweat" is one of three short stories in Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston adapted for the stage play by George C. Wolfe. "Sweat" focuses on the turning point in the life of Delia Jones, a washerwoman from Hurston’s hometown of Eatonville, Florida. Beginning with an outburst against her abusive husband and finishing with her involvement in his death, the story follows Delia through a transformation, an upheaval of values that Hurston is interested in setting in the context of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. The author makes use of biblical allusion and African American folk culture to attack issues of gender and oppression that were taboo topics at the time and continue to have a wide significance today.
Date(s):
09/25/2008, 09/26/2008, 09/27/2008, 10/02/2008, 10/03/2008, 10/04/2008, 10/09/2008, 10/10/2008, 10/11/2008, 10/16/2008, 10/17/2008, 10/18/2008
Location:
Dee-Davis Room
805 E. Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13235
Time:
7:00 pm
Cost:
$15, $8 for students with proper ID and seniors
Telephone:
315-442-2727
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