October 27, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 7
Zooman and the Sign
‘Zooman and the Sign’ has low-
priced previews at 7:30 p.m., Satur
day, Oct. 29; 2:00 p.m., Sunday,
Oct. 30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 1. Tickets for these three per
formances are only $10. Beginning
Nov. 2, all tickets will be $15, with
discounts available for students,
seniors and groups. (All prices in
clude a 50< user fee.) Regular per
formances are November 2 - 20,
Tuesdays through Saturdays at
7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
and/or 7:00 p.m. Reservations may
be made by calling the Storefront
Theatre ticket office at 224-4001, or
the Portland Center for the Per
forming Arts, 248-4496.
All Storefront Theatre produc
tions are partially funded by the
Fred Meyer Charitable Trust, the
Metropolitan Arts Commission
and the Oregon Arts Commission.
BLACK EXPO
Brenda Phillips (Ash), Rita Bankhead LeDuff (Grace) and Wanda Walden
(Rachel), (from left to right).
A Soldier’s Play,” which won
torefront Theatre will present
Fuller a Pulitzer Prize, and recently
the Northwest Premiere of
‘Zooman and the Sign,’ by Pulitzer opened his new play ‘Sally’ at the
Black Arts Festival in Atlanta.
Prize winner Charles Fuller, Oct.
‘Zooman and the Sign’ is based
29 - Nov. 20, at the Dolores Winn-
on
real events in Philadelphia, and
ingstad Theatre, Portland Center
it was produced there to great ac
for the Performing Arts, 1111 S.W.
claim by the New Freedom Thea
Broadway at Main. The production
tre in 1982. Storefront actor-
is co-sponsored by Natures Fresh
director Rick Jones, who grew up
Northwest, Neil Kelly Residen-
in Philly, was involved in that pro
tial/Commercial Remodeling and
duction,
and he will be directing
KBOO-FM.
the play for Storefront. The role of
‘Zooman and the Sign’ is de
“Zooman” will be played by Brian
scribed by the Philadelphia Tri
Dance, and Reuben Tate will be
bune as ‘‘a compelling drama of
played by Anthony P. Armstrong.
the inner workings of a troubled
Wanda Walden plays his wife
Black community, a community
Rachel, and other roles are played
which has just experienced the
by Brenda Phillips, Al Jamison,
death of one of its young daugh
and Rita Bankhead LeD uff,
ters, a community which is often
Nyewusi Askari, Eugene Hughes,
unable to help itself in times such
J r., M ic h a e l W in b u s h and
as these.” The young girl has been
Nathaniel Haynes. Due to the
accidentally shot in a confronta
parallels between the play’s sub
tion between "Zooman,” a Black
ject matter and recent events in
teenager, and a rival gang mem
Portland, Storefront is planning to
ber. When no one in the neighbor
have audience discussions follow
hood w ill identify the g irl’s
ing some of the performances, but
assailant, her father Reuben Tate
dates and participants are not firm
tries to channel his family's anger
yet.
and frustration away from plans of
C orporate co-sponsors for
retaliation. Instead, he hands a
Storefront Theatre’s production of
sign on his porch that eventually
‘Zooman and the Sign’ are Natures
brings some surprising results.
Fresh Northwest and Neil Kelly
When it premiered in 1980 at the
Residential/Commercial Remod
Negro Ensemble Company, ‘Zoo-
eling. Both companies agreed to
man and the Sign' was called “ an
partially underwrite the play due to
arresting and com passionate
their concerns about the effects of
piece of work” (N.Y. Daily News).
crime on the livability of our city.
The same company later produced
Their hope, and Storefront's, is
that the production of ‘Zooman
and the Sign' will be a positive
step toward stimulating the neces
sary community involvement in
solving these problems. Media
sponsor for the play is KBOO-FM.
S
Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity
Black
And
White
Ball
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Vickers
Mrs. Beria K. Brooks, Ruby
Gwendolyn Grice (left to right).
Reuben,
Michael “ Chappie” Grice and
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