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Vivian's Music, 1969

Archived Show

Overview

Produced by:
Good Works Productions
Dates:
November 15 - December 02, 2018
Run Time:
1 Hour, 25 Minutes
Intermission:
No
Theater:
Showing in Theater
Tickets:
$25 (Members $20)

Show Info

By Monica Bauer
Directed by Glory Kadigan
With Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King


Inspired by real events, in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14-year-old black girl, Vivian, was shot by a white cop, igniting one of the worst race riots in American history. No one knew anything about her: just her name, her age, and how she died. 

This fantasia for two actors gives Vivian a life, a family, a love of music, and a reason to live; the jazz legend who's back in the neighborhood might be her real father. Can they find each other before the city explodes?

Russell
Jordan
Kailah S.
King
Photo Caption: Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Kailah S. King and Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
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Producing Company

Good Works Productions

Good Works Productions produces socially conscious theater that provides opportunities for women and artists of color to entertain and inspire audiences.

Read more at: https://viviansmusic69.com/


Reviews

“Well worth your attention”
“[The directing is] exemplary”
“Both Vivian and Luigi cast a spell” - Lighting and Sound America

“Delicately expressive”
“The center of Vivian’s Music, 1969 quivers with well-earned and devastatingly all-too-familiar heartbreak.”  - Theatre is Easy

“Superbly written… paints a vivid picture that is absolutely enthralling” - BroadwayWorld