However February is Black Record Month, Black heritage in this state is also America’s record. And a transformative part of that record is integration. Pam Dudley wrote a engage in known as BREAKFAST that fantastically presents that hard time.
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BREAKFAST
February 21-26, *
Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. with a publish-present audience reception
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. with a submit-demonstrate viewers dialogue
*No performances Monday or Wednesday
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BREAKFAST is an award-winning intergenerational historic drama about the to start with working day of faculty integration in rural compact-city Texas. With 17-year-previous Cora at the middle, a series of interconnected, two-man or woman, one particular-act performs serve up the grits and grit of this fictional smaller city coming-of-age story.
Pam is a earlier resident of 100W – Corsicana Artist and Author Residency who arrived to Corsicana to analysis a tale of integration in smaller Texas towns. She came for a 100W Residency and in no way left. Her analysis led to her perform, BREAKFAST which is motivated by the to start with day of university integration in Corsicana and her hometown of McGregor, Texas. In crafting BREAKFAST, Pam sought to capture this element of heritage that will one day have no living witnesses. Her journey to Corsicana led to some shocking particular discoveries.
She demonstrates, “I arrived to Corsicana to seize stories of integration, resilience, and perseverance in rural tiny-town Texas. I have a enthusiasm for background. It answers the questions, “What happened to you?” and “How did we get here?” I like capturing it, inspecting it, executing it, and discovering and rising by way of checking out it. I think it’s hazardous to let the tales and classes of background disappear. But, when individuals die, their untold tales die with them. In my study here in Corsicana and Navarro County, I began tracing my possess historical past. I understood my grandmother owned land in Brushie Prairie, but I traced my relatives again to my great, terrific, fantastic, excellent (four) grandparents, and was uber-excited to obtain out they lived in Corsicana and walked the exact same floor I do! As far as I can inform, my spouse and children has owned acreage in Navarro County considering that at least 1883. I understood this city felt like household.”
The Warehouse Residing Arts Center is delighted to support new engage in development through this premier developmental efficiency of BREAKFAST. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Box Workplace at 903-872-5421 Mon-Fri midday to 5 p.m., or on the web site: www.theWLAC.com
