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New Show!

Crawfish Tales is a "live" radio broadcast of rural Louisiana town gossip "Tee-na". Tee-na finds herself in Brooklyn after getting on the wrong bus. She decides to make the best of it by doing her radio show in Bed-Stuy, hoping that someone will call in and bring her home. During her show she takes calls, offers advice, teaches Zydeco, shares recipes, stories and "passes a mighty good time". Through it all, "Tee-na" discovers home is "where ya at". Though this show is not part of the Further Adventures series, its' themes of family and community resonate strongly with Guillory's other work. Audiences are sure to enjoy this comedy.

running time: 1 hour 15 minutes


THE (beginning of the End) This piece eyes a lone black woman working in the cane fields of southeast Texas , stuck with the burden of work and her own thoughts. Rumors of emancipation and insurgence, coupled with an impending storm, push her to move through the fields, off the plantation and into the unknown. This mixed-media, multi-disciplinary, solo performance piece is the latest installment in the acclaimed collage, The Further Adventures of Gussie Mae in America and a prequel to the other pieces in the series Gussie, MAE and In America .

running time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Gussie  is a walk through the life of Augusta Maybelline Genessey - a young woman who wants more from The System than food stamps, free clinics and GED classes. Set amidst dirt roads, shotgun shacks and the blues - the play uses poetry, dance, music and storytelling to journey through the small, yet ironic details that often go unnoticed by society.

running time: 1 hour 15 minutes

In America, Grandmama sits on her porch and recalls a time when sharecropping was way of life. Inviting the audience to eat oranges, she takes everyone on a ride through hard work, long prayer and the promise of a future laying on the hope of a promised land. Using work songs and movement, this piece pays homage to the elders who cleared the way.

running time: 1 hour

MAE is the journey of a soul recalling the threads of  womanhood that weave her complex life. Set in dingy motel room, Mae relives the bitter and the sweet. Beginning with a beautiful family Sunday that ends in a tragic loss of innocence. Finding comfort in a bottle of Jack Daniel's, Mae tells her story and waits for judgment, prays for mercy and hopes for salvation. Her pilgrimage to hell and back, allows the audience to witness the uplifting of  a soul.

running time: 1 hour 15 minutes