From: Suz and Invisible Theatre <suz@invisibletheatre.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 12:05 AM
Subject: Invisible Theatre Wishes You a Happy New Year!
Made Possible in Part Through the Generous Support of
Dr. Bella Eibensteiner!
"A woman with a vision is a powerful thing."
Shirley Chisholm is back ... to tell it like it really is!
Guest Artist Ingrid Griffith's award-winning production is the largely unheard story of Shirley St. Hill Chisholm. This trailblazer, visionary and woman, was a Brooklyn-born politician of immigrant parents (father from Guyana and mother from Barbados). In the 20th century, she was the first African American woman to win a seat in the U.S. Congress and run for the Presidency of the United States. The story journeys back to 10-year-old Shirley returning to the U.S. after being separated from her parents during The Great Depression. We see how the years living with her grandmother in Barbados manifested and reinforced Shirley's Caribbean heritage in her bearing, speech pattern and expectations of herself. Shirley Chisholm's childhood also shows how race and gender were intended to determine how far she would go in life, and why as a young woman she chose to fight for the disenfranchised, and what it took for her to rise.
UNBOSSED & UNBOWED dramatizes the Civil Rights era, the unrest of the 1960s, the patriarchal system and the all-boys network Shirley Chisholm was up against, many of the themes that exist in politics today. Visuals and music establish the tenor of the times and create mental images of the economic, political, and social upheavals in America from the 1930s to the early 1970s. The characters in UNBOSSED & UNBOWED all have strong voices and valid points-of-view. But it's Shirley Chisholm's narrative that delivers the story's message.
All performances are at
The Berger Performing Arts Center
1200 West Speedway
$45
Please Note
This performance is included in the season subscription
520-882-9721
January 20, 2024 7:30 PM
January 21, 2024 2:00 PM
Read all about Ingrid in The Desert Leaf
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