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
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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
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