Greensboro:
A Requiemby Emily Mann
Greensboro:
A Requiem
by Emily Mann
October 22 - November 20, 1999
Survivors of a 1979 massacre by the Ku Klux Klan tell their incredible
story of healing and heroism. Derived from interviews, Greensboro is an
inspiring exploration of race, violence and personal responsibility.
Commemorate the 20th anniversary of this forgotten event with Unconditional Theatre.
Directed by John Warren
Featuring Mujahid Abdul-Rashid, Charles Blackburn, Jaxy Boyd, AJ Davenport,
Kim Fowler, Robert Hamm, Paul Lancour, Nancy Madden, Peter Schmuckal,
Nick Scoggin, Gigi Steyer, Gene Thompson, and Wendy Wilcox.
Emily Mann (playwright) is the Artistic Director of the Tony Award winning McCarter
Theatre in Princeton, NJ, and much of her work has appeared on
Broadway. She is the author of the widely acclaimed play Execution of
Justice, which focused on the killing of Harvey Milk and George Moscone,
and won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. She is also the
author of Still Life, which won several Obie Awards and, more recently,
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First Hundred Years, which was
produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 1997. Ms. Mann is the
recipient of a Guggenheim Award and an Artistic Associate Grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
November 3rd, 1999 was Greensboro Massacre Remembrance Day in San Francisco.
Read Postcard from Greensboro, our newsletter article on Director John Warren's trip to Greensboro, NC.
For further information on the Greensboro Massacre and its legacy, visit the
Greensboro Justice Fund.
Buriel Clay Theatre
Center for African & African American Culture & Art
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco
This documentary play
focused on a 1979 anti-Klan rally in Greensboro,
North Carolina which the Ku Klux Klan raided, killing five people. News
of this tragic event was swept off the front page by the taking of
hostages in Iran, while repeated trials in Greensboro brought only
acquittals for the men responsible. Ms. Mann interviewed participants
and witnesses to the actual incident, then used only their words in
creating the play. It is a challenging exploration of vital issues of
our day -- race, violence, and each individual's responsibility as a
member of a larger community.
