Cleveland, OH
Local Event: Karamu House presents RED SUMMER
Karamu Home’s 2022/23 mainstage season continues with the unique manufacturing of RED SUMMER from February 24 – March 5, 2023, within the Cleveland Basis Jelliffe Theatre, positioned at 2355 East 89th Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114. Conceived by Tony F. Sias, written by Nina Domingue, and co-directed by Sias and Domingue, RED SUMMER offers with the summer time of 1919 when Black troopers returned from battle hoping for a homecoming, however as an alternative have been welcomed with racial terror.
Ida B. Wells had not supposed to guide an anti-lynching combat, however when her good friend turned a sufferer, preventing in opposition to the bloody act turned her life’s work. Jax and Cyn’Sere had not supposed to grow to be activists, however when their good friend is murdered, they discover themselves within the thick of a brand new motion. Two fights, over 100 years aside, however eerily comparable, name into query our stamina as a folks. When historical past is repeating itself, do we now have the creativeness to create a unique final result?