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Wedding Band
September 29, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Village Rep and Threshold present this spell-binding story by one of the most important playwrights of the 20th Century, Alice Childress.
Wedding Band – written with great precision and powerful storytelling – gives an emotional portrayal of a relationship between a Black seamstress, Julia, and a white baker, Herman, in the shadow of the First World War and the 1918 flu epidemic in Charleston, South Carolina. The couple’s deep love and commitment faces the cruel racism of the Deep South in this revealing portrayal of interracial love, forced to navigate the societal racism of laws and culture, along with heartbreaking judgment from their own families and communities.
“A great deal of compassion…Its strength lies in the poignancy of its star crossed lovers.” -NY Times