"The Green Book" held over thru Sun. - great play set in a "tourist home" during the Jim Crow era

[klook]

The Green Book, a new play by Atlanta playwright Calvin Alexander Ramsey set in the mid-1950s in a Missouri black couple's home, has been held over through Sunday, Sept. 25 at The Theatrical Outfit. I've seen it and can attest it's a powerful, moving experience.

From the theater's web site:

(The Green Book) begins when a black military officer, his wife and a Jewish Holocaust survivor spend the night in a “tourist home” together, only hours before W.E.B. Du Bois is scheduled to deliver a speech in town. Brought together by the “Green Book,” a manual informing African American tourists of safe places to dine and lodge during the tumultuous Jim Crow era, these travelers and their hosts share a dramatic exchange that transforms their lives.

I hope the mods will forgive me for cross posting about this very important play. I posted about this in the Georgia forum but wanted to make sure this gets noticed.

[Bluenorthwest]

1. If you can get there, go to see this play....

I wish I could be there. Calvin Ramsey is an excellent playwright and the subject matter is fascinating. Here is a link that has an interview with Mr Ramsey. http://africanamericanplaywrightsexchange.blogspot.com/2011/06/aapex-interview-calvin-ramsey-and-green.html

Atlanta, don't let a seat go empty.

[klook]

2. Thanks for the support!

The house was full and very receptive for the show I attended. Nice to see a diverse audience for this, too.

I don't even like to go to that many plays - very glad I was talked into this one.