Being the Dream - Black History Month

Show Dates

February 19, 2021

Ticket Prices

Free

Synopsis

Being the Dream is a celebration of African American life, talent, and culture. 

 The Drama Group reached out to the community - asking for submissions of monologues, poetry, visual art, music, and stories - encapsulating some aspect of the Black American experience in all of its multiplicity - with the goal of uplifting the creative voices of African Americans in the region.

Originally, this was going to be one virtual show, but with so many pieces of such varied styles, one became two. The Gallery and The Performance.

 For the Gallery Showcase, we worked with Prairie State College, The Illinois Philharmonic, Salon Artists Gallery and other local organizations to gather art and music created by African American creatives in the region.

For the Performance Showcase, the exact pieces performed were not dictated by The Drama Group, but instead by the performers - and the end product is a patchwork quilt of beauty and pain, history and mythology, melody in music and meter in poems.

This is not solely about the history of the past. It is about the history of the now as it is expressed by people living it in their own authentic and individual way.

CAST

“Sunny” Song written by Bobby Hebb

Liane Williams - vocals

Eric Williams - upright bass

“The Therapist” Monologue written by Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene - performer

“Black Widow” Monologue written by Lesley Streeter

            Aniyah Clemens - performer

“Born Under A Bad Sign” Song written by Albert King

Mud City Blu Performers

Kendall Carter - electric guitar & vocals

Stacy "Groove Girl" Norris - drums

Peyton McDowell - bass guitar

“She God” Poem written by Faith Rice

            Faith Rice - performer

“Creation” A dialogue written by Kelly Campos

Julia Gaskin - God

Kelly Campos - First Woman

“When Doves Cry” Song written by Prince

  Matty Jiles – Performer

“B.R.O.N.Z.E” A Declamation written by Delysia Richards

            Delysia Richards - performer

 “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes, an excerpt

Paul Lee – Performer

“The Game” Song written by Mud City Blu

Kendall Carter - electric guitar & vocals

Stacy "Groove Girl" Norris - drums

Peyton McDowell - bass guitar

“She Knew” Monologue written by Lavontae Morrow

            Lavontae Morrow - Performer

“The Girl With The Powerful Hair” Story written by Kelly Campos

Kelly Campos - performer

“The Black Story” Poem written by Faith Rice

            Faith Rice - Performer

A Change is Gonna Come” Song written by Sam Cook

Aaron Reese Boseman – Performer