Tuskegee Repertory Theatre

2008 CULTURAL HERITAGE SEASON SERIES

February 8, 9, 10 & 15, 16, 17

“TOBY’S MY BROTHER
&
BEETHOVEN TOO!!”

By Dyann Robinson

A dramatic testimony of pride in the Black man’s universal struggle for freedom and equality. . .The play depicts a violent slave rebellion led by a young man of color named Toby, in 1825 America, in the young State of Alabama, and the effect of that rebellion across the Atlantic in 1826 Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France, on three great artists of color:  Ludwig van Beethoven, Aleksander Sergeevich Puskin, and Alexandre Dumas pere.

WHERE:  The Jessie Clinton Arts Centre,
201 South Main Street, Tuskegee, Alabama

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 April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20

“REVOLT  IN STORYLAND"
(The Musical)
By Dyann Robinson

Adapted from
“ REVOLT IN STORYLAND
(The Play)
By Marie Moore Lyles

Starring guest artist, singer  PEGGY  SCOTT ADAMS,  as Mother Goose, “REVOLT IN STORYLAND” is a fairy tale for all who are young at heart.  Mother Goose is challenged
by her storybook creations to change, and update her age old stories about them, but stubborn, and determined to hang on
to her legacy, she refuses to change…
hence the revolt in storyland.

WHERE:  The Jessie Clinton Arts Centre,
201 South Main Street, Tuskegee, Alabama

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and ticket purchase. 


 July 11, 23, 13, & 18, 19, 20

“THE COTTON CLUB COMES TO ‘SKEGEE”

A TRT classic, this wonderful musical  fantasy will once
again, allow stars of the famous Cotton Club in Harlem, to visit historic Tuskegee, Alabama, and bring with them the great music, dance, and style of the artists of the Harlem Renaissance.  Come listen in to the real life concerns of the great Black artists in that place and time, while

swinging and swaying to the music of Duke Ellington,
Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and others of that period,
whose music remains forever new.

WHERE:  The Jessie Clinton Arts Centre,
201 South Main Street, Tuskegee, Alabama

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and ticket purchase.


October
During the opening celebration for the Tuskegee Airmen Museum in Tuskegee, Alabama
(Date to be announced)

“LONELY EAGLES
 (The Tuskegee Airmen Meet
Josephine Baker)”
By Dyann Robinson, With Johnny Ford

Mayor Johnny Ford plays, the then, Lt. Colonel Benjamin
O. Davis, who takes the audience back in time to  May 5th, 1943, when the Tuskegee Airmen were entertained by the great African American star of the Folies Bergere in Paris, France, Miss Josephine Baker (played by Dyann Robinson). This real life event occurred  shortly after the 99th Fighter Squadron arrived at their base, near Fez, French Morocco, North Africa, to prepare for their first mission in
World War II.

WHERE: On site at the Tuskegee Airmen Museum
in Tuskegee, Alabama.

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 Please Note: Performance dates for all productions are subject to change. Please call to confirm: 866-878-2789
 

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