Livingstone College’s upcoming theatre production is “Black Girl.” Directed by Michael Connor, the play is about a girl, Billie Jean, who is trapped in a life leading nowhere.
She’s dropped out of school and secretly taken a job as a dancer in a local bar, her ultimate goal being to become a ballet dancer.
But her ambitions bring her into conflict with envious sisters, both of whom have been locked into dreary marriages too early, and her mother, who has given up on her own children and now lavishes her care and affection on her “foster daughters” ó industrious girls to whom she has transferred her own frustrated hopes. Billie Jean must fight a multiplicity of prejudices ó family, gender, racial, class and economic ó to win an education and forge her own identity.
With her grandmother’s strength and trust to embolden her, will there be hope for Billie Jean?
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“Black Girl” opens at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at Tubman Little Theatre, 701 W. Monroe St. at Livingstone College.
It will also be performed at 7:30 Oct. 26 and Nov. 1-2. Admission is free and donations will be accepted.
Call 704-216-6260 for more information.