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Page 8, Portland Observer, January 22,1986 Black playwright to speak Sunday MRS. C’s WIGS I he IFC C Ih e u tr e w ill o ffe r a lecture-discussion follow ing the p erfo rm an ce of The Aessurection o f L ad y L ester a t 2:00 Sunday. )a n . 2fi. a t the In te rs ta te F ireh o u se C u ltu ra l C e n te r. 5340 N . In te rs ta te Ave. 1 la y w rig h t O ya m O w ill be in tow n fro m N e w Y o rk for the w eeken d an d w ill speak on the them e ' T o Be or N o t To Be: T h a t Is the T r a p ." His talk w ill c e n te r on the ch allen g e of being a tru th fu l Black A m e ric a n a rtis t in the n eo -co n servative A m e ric a of the 1960s T h e role of B lack th e a tre fo r la rg e ly non-B lack au d iences, an d the definition of " u n iv e r sality in a E u ro p e an -d o m in ated c u ltu re w ill be discussed w ith the au d ience fo llo w in g O y a m O 's lec tu re . O ya m O (a k a. C h a rle s C o rd o n) is a resid en t of N e w York C ity an d has an M . F A . in P la y w n g h t.n g fro m the Y a le U n iversity School of D ram a . H e has had m ore th an 25 plays pro du ced a n d /o r published in< luding 7 h e H esurection o f Lady L ester, w h ich w as produced by Yale R e p e rto ry T h e a tre . M a n h a tta n T h e a tre Club. Penum bra T h e a tre (M inn eapo lis-S t. P au l), an d Shelby S ta te Com m unity College in M e m phis. as w e ll as on CBS C able T V . L ad y L ester w as also published in the in a u g u ra l volum e of N e w Ploys USA . a b ia n n u al anthology of new Betty Ctfc’"e P'oo«t<y « ^ s to NAO «* V M S A N Ù M OOUGLAS HAT K t « C O U A AMCMAfk W II« S A m eric an plays p ub lished by T h e a tre Com m unications G roup. O yam O has been the re cip ie n t of fo u r N e w York S ta te C ouncil on thn A rts fellow sh ips, a Guggenheim Fello w sh ip , an O hio A rts C ouncil A w a rd , a M c K n ig h t F ello w sh ip , an d a N a tio n a l Endow m ent fo r the A rts fellow sh ip. H e has tau g ht at the A fro -A m e ric a n C u ltu ra l C enters in B uffalo. N Y an d N e w H a v e n . CT; a t the College of N e w Rochelle and a t Emory U n iv e rs ity in A tla n ta . T ickets fo r the Su nd ay m atin ee of T h e R esu rrectio n o f L ad y Lester a re $H. an d re se rva tio n s can be m ade by calling the IFC C T h e a tre a t 243-7930. T h e lecture-discussion fo llo w in g the p e rfo rm a n c e w ill s ta rt a t a p p ro x im a te ly 4:30 p.m . and is fre e of ch arge. In te res ted persons need not a tte n d the p e rfo rm a n c e of the play in o rd e r to a tte n d the lecture-discussion. This p ro g ram is m ade possible by a C h a irm a n s G ra n t from the O regon C om m ittee for tho H um anities. Al Green film The Gospel According to A l G reen w ill play a t tho N o rth w est Film Study C enter. S .W . P ark an d M adison. Sunday. Jan. 26. a t 7 p.m. Tho deep roots of soul music in the B lack ch u rch ra re ly have been m ore d ra m a tic a lly d em o n strated th an in this su p erb d o c u m en tary on the Rev. A l G ree n . W h e n he em erged in the e a rly 1970s, m any con sid ered him tho smoothest, sexiest p e rfo rm o r of the tim e, surpassing LIVELY $10°° O tis Redding an d W ilso n Pickett In 1973 C roo n had a s p iritu a l aw a k e n in g , shifting to gospel and evangelism , but losing none of the p o w er an d intensity th a t can only bo co m p ared to fam es B row n's. Film m a ke r R obert M ugge captu res no, only tho astonishing music of the fo u r-tim e G ram m y w in n e r, bu, fas cin atin g insight into the psychology of pop am bition, the close tiBs b etw een Black se cu lar and gospel music, and one m an's com m itm ent an d search Reg $19.95 M RS. C ’s W IGS 707 N.E. Fremont 281-6925 Closed Sun. A Mon. 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