OCHRE & ONYX: The Langston Hughes Project

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Watts Village Theater Company presents
OCHRE & ONYX: The Langston Hughes Project
Written by Lynn Manning
Directed by Nataki Garrett

May 1 through May 31, 2009

OCHRE & ONYX follows the present day story of an African-American slam poet and an Afro Latina painter who find themselves in the middle of a struggle for the true soul of the beloved poet, and father of the Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes. Meanwhile, in 1920′s Mexico, the young Langston fights to convince his father James, to finance his study of poetry at Columbia University. As father and son struggle in the past, poet and painter struggle in the present, in two strikingly similar worlds.

STARRING:
Melissa Camilo, Cristina Frias, Minerva Garcia, Rodney Gardiner, Maurice Glover, David Guerra, Lauryn Whitney Johnson & Jessica Kaye Temple

Producers Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez & Damion Teeko Parran

Set Designer Nadia Morgan
Lighting Designer Kathi O’Donohue
Costume Designer Naila Aladdin Sanders
Sound Designer Josh Senick
Dramaturg Scott Horstein
Stage Manager John Freeland, Jr.
Associate Producer Meropi Peponides
Quentin Drew Memorial Intern: Erick Medina & Ivan Padilla

Previews begin May 1
Opening Night May 9
Performance Schedule Fri, Sat @8pm & Sun. @3pm
Additional Performances Thurs., May 7th @8pm and Sat., May 16th & 30th @3pm

Audio Described Performance & Post-show Discussion on May 16th @3pm

LA Design Center
5955 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90047

Preview Admission $10
General Admission $20
Students & Seniors $10

Free Parking Available

Special Ticket Offers:
Pay-What-You-Can (May 3 @3pm, May 15 @8pm, May 16 @3pm)
Pay-What-It’s-Worth Night (May 8th @8pm)

Group Sales are Available:
$8 matinee groups 10 or more
$10 evening groups 10 or more

To make a reservation or group sales, please contact (323) 599-0811

Purchase Tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/62890



Category: Alumni Performances, Faculty Performances, Performances
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