Ain’t I a Woman! Comes to Campus

From Bill Menezes, Redfern: Ain’t I a Woman!, celebrating the life and times of four illustrious African American women, will appear at the Redfern Arts Center on Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.

Performed by the Core Ensemble, Woman! is a chamber music theatre work for actress and trio (cello, piano, and percussion). The production features a musical score drawn from the spirituals of the Deep South, the urban excitement of the Jazz Age, and contemporary concert music by African Americans. The African American women portrayed are ex-slave and abolitionist Sojouner Truth, novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, folk artist Clementine Hunter, and civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.

A joyful exploration of the trials and triumphs of four passionate and accomplished women, Woman! is the latest in a series of multicultural and feminist performance pieces produced by the Ensemble over the past ten years. The production tours during Black History Month and Women’s History Month.

The Core Ensemble has toured in Australia, England, Russia, Ukraine, the Caribbean, and in every region of the U.S. Tickets are available through the Redfern box office, 8-2168, or online.