On Sunday, Sept. 21 after the 7 p.m. performance Syracuse Stage mounted Stage Talk a new discussion series focusing on themes that emerge from each show. The topic of this particular StageTalk was "The N Word, Then and Now." Moderator, George Kilpatrick, a friend and local media celebrity called it a "rare" opportunity to get black people in mixed company to broach the subject.
It was indeed.
An audience member likened this conversation and the play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, to looking through a key-hole. Through that key-hole she was offered a view of black life, in the vernacular.
It was indeed.
An audience member likened this conversation and the play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, to looking through a key-hole. Through that key-hole she was offered a view of black life, in the vernacular.
-Carol Charles, Community Engagement Manager, Syracuse Stage
Warner Miller, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Doug Eskew in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Photo: T. Charles Erickson
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