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- While Ms. Hall is gregarious and upbeat, her play is an unsentimental, even brutal look at black life in Memphis in the 1930s, the central female characters burdened by rape and betrayal. “Hoodoo Love” revolves around Toulou, who fled an abusive family and the cotton fields of Mississippi to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer.
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Nov 6, 2019 · “Hoodoo Love” is set in 1933 and explores the life of a young, aspiring singer named Toulou (Martasia Jones) who turns to a helpful elderly neighbor known as Candylady (Shariba Rivers) for...
Hoodoo Love - The Black Theatre Commons. by Katori Hall. Alexis M. Skinner. The World of the play. General Overview. In Memphis, Tennessee, Toulou takes her chances on love with rambling bluesman Ace. While she works as a washerwoman her aim is to become a blues singer.
Jul 19, 2017 · In Katori Hall’s play “Hoodoo Love” at Center Theatre, Toulou, an aspiring Memphis blues singer with a hurtful past, welcomes the ministrations of Candylady, an elderly former slave with...
Jul 26, 2017 · Desperate to secure his love and loyalty, Toulou engages the help of a hoodoo conjurer named Candylady, who helps Toulou cast a spell to make Ace fall in love with her.
Apr 17, 2018 · Maryland. Reviews. Review: ‘Hoodoo Love’ at Arena Players. By. Cassandra Miller. - April 17, 2018. Katori Hall’s Hoodoo Love is like a three-hour, heartache-filled blues song. Set in Memphis in the 1930s, the memories of slavery still linger and the reality of life in the south for African Americans is not easy.
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Oct 14, 2007 · “Hoodoo Love” revolves around Toulou, who fled an abusive family and the cotton fields of Mississippi to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer. “I love my people’s history,” said Ms....
