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The Colored Museum - An Interactive Theatrical Experience
THE COLORED MUSEUM by George C. Wolfe
Orange Box Theater presents George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum directed by Onyx Keesha. The Colored Museum presents 11 hilarious exhibits of African-American culture that remain relevant even today from the depths of the Celebrity Slave Ship to the spinning heights of Harlem. Tony Award winner George C. Wolfes groundbreaking comedy has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, skewering stereotypes and redefining what it means to be Black in contemporary America.
EXHIBITS (sketches)
Git on Board: Miss Pat, a flight attendant, welcomes the audience aboard the fictional celebrity slaveship, whose Savannah-bound journey from the Ivory Coast demands that passengers (audience) are to obey the Fasten Shackles sign and are not to rebel. The sketch explores and critiques the history of African Americans, from slavery to the regency of the basketball star.
Cooking' with Aunt Ethel: Aunt Ethel host a cooking show in which she sings the recipe on how to bake yourself a batch of Negros.
The Gospel According to Miss Roj: Transgendered Miss Roj looks beneath the surface of her glittery nocturnal existence to find maggot-laced visions of a whole race trashed and debaed while in a nightclub.
Soldier with a Secret: In a monologue, deranged African American soldier sees his peers painful future and chooses to spare them the inevitable by killing them before they are forced to endure what their future holds.
The Hairpiece: A woman getting ready for a date is faced with an identity crisis when her two wigs, one a 1960s afro wig, the other a long flowing wig, come to life and debate the ideological identity conflicts they represented in their owners life for 20 years.
The Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play: Presented by a Masterpiece Theater-type announcer, this exhibit explores and satirizes Black drama formula used in theater and film. Some characters include a well worn mama on her well worn couch who fights with her son Walter-Lee-Beau-Willie-Jones whose brow is heavy from three hundred years of oppression.The Last Mama-on-the-Couch is Wolfes parody of Raisin in the Sun and goes from overacted melodrama to an all-Black broadway musical number.
Symbiosis: A man is confronted by his former childhood self while trying to throwing away his past, only to discover that his rebellious younger self refuses to be trashed without a fight.
Lala's Opening: Singer Lala Lamazing Grace is haunted by her former childhood self. An identity she thought she disposed of.
The Photo Session: A glamorous Black couple wearing the best of everything and perfect smiles, retreat from their past/history into a superficial world of narcissistic glamour.The Photo Session is Wolfes critique on the images and models of Ebony magazine.
Permutations: A monologue in which Normal Jean, a young southern girl, explains to the audience how she laid a giant egg which is filled with babies.
The Party: Topsy Washington imagines a huge party in which Nat Turner sips champagne out of Earth Kitt's slipper and Aunt Jemima and Angela Davis was in the kitchen sharing a plate of greens and just goin off about South Africa.This exhibit merges the past and present to create Topsys fantasy party which defies logic and limitations.
PRODUCTION INFO
Date: Thursday, February 23rd at 8pm; Friday, February 24th at 8pm; and Saturday, February 25th at 8pm.
Admission: $25.00 adults; $20 seniors; $15 teens under 18
Running Time: 90 minutes
Recommended Minimum Age: 12
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LocationOrange Box Theater at Mark SQuared Studios (View)
1804 Montreal Court, Suite B
Tucker, GA 30084-6811
United States
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| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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