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Gee's Bend to be performed in Selma The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's sold out production of Gee's Bend will be performed in Selma at Pickard Auditorium on February 16, 2006. The production is sponsored by ArtsRevive and The Peoples Bank & Trust Company and supported by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel and the Alabama State Council of the Arts The playwright, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, an Alabama native whose plays have been produced in New York and London, was commissioned through Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project to develop a new work about Gee's Bend, Alabama. Wilder creates a wonderful story that truly relates the tremendous faith, strength, and spirit of generosity found in the community of Gee's Bend. The play follows the life of a fictional African American woman, Sadie Pettway, and the women of Gee's Bend who create magnificent quilts and while doing so, sing hauntingly beautiful gospel melodies. As the decades pass, Sadie endures an abusive marriage, racial indignities and the hardships of the working poor to emerge as a great artist and a greatly admired human being. This intimate tale spans 50 years starting during the Great Depression through the Civil Rights Era (when the Gee's Bend Ferry was closed, further isolating the community) and into the modern era. The public is encouraged to purchase tickets in advance as this show has sold out at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The show will also travel Camden, Fairhope, Gee's Bend, Auburn, Marion and Birmingham. The one Selma performance will be held on Friday, February 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m. in Selma's Pickard Auditorium on Washington Street. Tickets are available by phone or in person at Truax & Co. (334.874-9600) and at the Selma Dallas County Center for Commerce (334.874.7241) Ticket prices are $18.00, $15.00 and $10.00.
For Additional Information: Web pages: www.asf.com and www.selmaalabama.com
Phone: Selma & Dallas County Centre for Commerce 1-800-45-SELMA or 334-875- 7241, after 5 pm and on weekends, call 334-412-7952
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