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NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN
JAN 14 - FEB 09 | WILSON STAGE
On September 16, 1963. Nina Simone heard that four Black girls were murdered in Birmingham when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK. Harnessing her rage, she wrote the Civil Rights anthem “Mississippi Goddam*. Nina Simone: Four Women examines the seismic shift Simone took from artist to activist and revolutionary. and her fight to reflect the times through her consciousness rising music. “Four Women”. “Images and Young. Gifted and Black among others. It questions what happens when artists dive into the darkness of society and self while striving to find the light of freedom in sound.
By Christina Ham
Cast
Creative Team
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
Chistina Ham
(she/her)
Playwright
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Geva Insights is a series of post-performance
conversations with thought leaders. experts, and
members of the community who contextualize or
provoke more in depth consideration of a play’s
conceived of as a unique opportunity to strengthen
our connectivity to new and existine communities In
our region.
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