Russell
Jordan
Overview
- Produced by:
- Good Works Productions
- Dates:
- November 15 - December 02, 2018
- Run Time:
- 1 Hour, 25 Minutes
- Intermission:
- No
- Theater:
- Showing in Theater
- Tickets:
- $25 (Members $20)
Show Info
By Monica Bauer
Directed by Glory Kadigan
With Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King
Inspired by real events, in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14-year-old black girl, Vivian, was shot by a white cop, igniting one of the worst race riots in American history. No one knew anything about her: just her name, her age, and how she died.
This fantasia for two actors gives Vivian a life, a family, a love of music, and a reason to live; the jazz legend who's back in the neighborhood might be her real father. Can they find each other before the city explodes?
Photo Caption: Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Kailah S. King and Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Photo Caption: Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Photo: Al Foote III
Producing Company
Good Works Productions
Good Works Productions produces socially conscious theater that provides opportunities for women and artists of color to entertain and inspire audiences.
Read more at: https://viviansmusic69.com/
Reviews
“Well worth your attention”
“[The directing is] exemplary”
“Both Vivian and Luigi cast a spell” - Lighting and Sound America
“Delicately expressive”
“The center of Vivian’s Music, 1969 quivers with well-earned and devastatingly all-too-familiar heartbreak.” - Theatre is Easy
“Superbly written… paints a vivid picture that is absolutely enthralling” - BroadwayWorld