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3 days ago · Lifeline Theatre’s new production of “Native Son” is brutal, powerful and relentless. Like a big, stiff drink, it hits you right in the gut, and you leave the theater reeling. Adapted from the 1940 Richard Wright novel, the Nambi E. Kelley play debuted in a joint American Blues-Court Theatre production in 2014. It uses two actors to play ...
5 days ago · Native Son. Through 6/30: Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2:30 and 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM; open captions Sun 6/2 and Fri 6/14, audio description and touch tour Sun 6/9 (touch tour 1 PM); Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N ...
5 days ago · The “Native Son” exhibit, curated by Arlo's daughter Annie Guthrie, includes artifacts and memorabilia from the Arlo Guthrie Family Archives from Arlo's career, including handwritten lyrics, photographs, correspondence with musicians such as Pete Seeger, and shirts worn on album covers.
1 day ago · In Richard Wright's harrowing masterpiece, "Native Son," we plunge into the tumultuous life of Bigger Thomas, a young Black man ensnared in a web of poverty, racism, and systemic oppression in 1930s Chicago. As Bigger navigates the treacherous currents of a society designed against him, his life takes a devastating turn after a momentary ...
2 days ago · After taking a job in a wealthy white man’s house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently and irrevocably seal his fate. Adapted with theatrical ingenuity by Chicago’s own Nambi E. Kelley, this Native Son captures the power of Richard Wright’s novel for a whole new generation. 1hr 30min.
1 day ago · Native son recipeint of pharmacy award. Christopher Woo, son of John and May Woo of El Centro, was the recipient of the Bowl of Hygeia Award at the California Pharmacists Association meeting on April 20. This annual award recognizes one California pharmacist for outstanding and continuing activity in the community outside of the profession.
1 day ago · The Dueling Critics, Kelly Kleiman and Jonathan Abarbanel, join Gary to talk about Lifeline Theater’s production of NATIVE SON. Later in the show, Gary looks back at the history of the Rhinoceros Theater Festival as it celebrates year 35.
