Shirley Carney's stories reflect the subtle complexities and contradictions of American life as seen through the eyes of a black woman negotiating our world for the past six decades. Hers is a unique voice which translates beautifully to the stage, bringing with it a maturity and insight "to the business of living" rarely seen on the American stage.

Adapted by award-winning writer and MPAACT Artistic Associate Shepsu Aakhu, Radical Hearsay continues the tradition started with Relevant Hearsay... stories from 57. Drawn from the stories of a woman born in rural Mississippi during the rise of the Civil Rights era, transplanted to Chicago during the civil unrest of the mid-sixties, raising her family during the "affirmative action" seventies and the "me generation" eighties, Radical Hearsay is not so much a staging as it is a sharing of that which should be spoken, and that which needs to be heard.

Written by Shirley Carney

Adapted by Shepsu Aakhu

Directed by Kimberly Crutcher

Performances

Thursdays & Fridays @ 8:30

Saturdays @  7:30

Sundays @ 3:30

Greenhouse Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

Box Office: 773/404-7336

 

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