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The Good Negro brings drama, tension
Marvelyn McFarlane (Claudette), Jonathan L. Dent (James), Kris Sidbury (Corrine)
“Before there was change, there was Birmingham.” So goes the tagline for The Good Negro, making its Boston premiere at the Boston Center for the Arts January 15–February 6, 2010. Presented by Company One, the show is of particular relevance in an age when the civil rights movement is alive, well, and making thunderous change.
The Good Negro is set in the racially charged South of the 1960’s. When Claudette Sullivan is beaten and arrested after taking her daughter into a “whites only” bathroom in a department store, the behemoth snowball of the American Civil Rights Movement lands at her doorstep, sweeping the characters in the play and the audience watching into a world that is full of tension and triumph, danger and duty. A trio of civil rights leaders attempts to conquer their own personal demons while combating the Ku Klux Klan, social injustice and FBI wiretaps.
Written by Tracey Scott Wilson and directed by Summer L. Williams, The Good Negro, presented by Company One, will be performed at the Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont St., South End. Performances run Wednesdays through Sundays, with show times and ticket prices varying by performances. To purchase tickets, please visit www.BostonTheatreScene.com or go to the walk-up box office at Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St. OR Boston University Theatre Box Office, 264 Huntington Ave, or by calling (617) 933-8600. For more information about The Good Negro or Company One, please visit www.companyone.org.