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Native Son

Richard Wright's iconic novel almost oppression, freedom and justice comes to life on stage in this footing-breaking accommodation.

The Southern California premiere of Nambi E. Kelley's visceral, groundbreaking stage adaption of Richard Wright's racially charged novel, Native Son, for Antaeus Theatre Company. Wright's iconic novel near oppression, liberty and justice comes to life on stage at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale start April 19, with performances continuing through June 3. Depression-priced previews have place April 12–18.

Set in 1930s Chicago, where opportunities for African-American men are elusive, Kelley'south adaptation focuses on the inner workings of the protagonist's mind as a series of unleashed events violently and irrevocably seal his fate.

Jon Chaffin stars as Bigger Thomas, suffocating in rat-infested poverty on Chicago's S Side, with Noel Arthur every bit "The Black Rat" — the manifestation of Bigger'due south double consciousness. When a chore as the family unit chauffeur brings him into the white earth of wealthy Mrs. Dalton (Gigi Bermingham), her free-thinking girl, Mary (Ellis Greer) and Mary's Communist boyfriend, Jan (Matthew Grondin), circumstances spiral out of command. The ensemble as well features Mildred Marie Langford, Ned Mochel, Victoria Platt and Brandon Rachal. (Unlike most Antaeus productions, Native Son is single-cast.)

Double consciousness, co-ordinate to Westward.Due east.B. Du Bois, refers to the effects of white racism — to "the sense of e'er looking at one'south self through the optics of others, of measuring ane'south soul past the tape of a globe that looks on in amused antipathy and compassion."

"This is the story of a young black human being'due south life in 1939 America, who from nativity is compelled to pass through a tragic gauntlet of oppression," states director Andi Chapman. "The play moves like a runaway train. The tension starts at the superlative and ratchets upward from there."

"Everything is told from from Bigger's point of view, through his lens," explains Kelley. "The adaptation is an exploration of the concept of double consciousness as it relates to the concept of one's power to wing or exist gratis. Call back of it as a heed-map."

One of the earliest successful attempts to explain the racial divide in America in terms of the social conditions imposed on African Americans by the dominant white society, "Native Son" was an immediate best-seller when it was published by the Book-of-the-Month Society on March 1, 1940. In his 1963 essay "Black Boys and Native Sons," Irving Howe wrote: "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever… [it] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear, and violence that have bedridden and may yet destroy our culture." The novel'due south starting time phase accommodation, written by Wright and Paul Green, was directed by Orson Welles and ran on Broadway for three years. Kelley'south 2014 adaptation premiered at the Court Theatre in Chicago, where it was nominated for five Jeff Awards including All-time Adaptation and Production of the Year and was the highest grossing production in the Court's sixty-year history. It was included on the 2015 Kilroy List, an annual drove of highly recommended plays past women and trans-identified authors, and is published by Samuel French.

"The birth of bigger Thomas goes dorsum to my childhood," Wright wrote. "But at that place was not only 1 Bigger, but many of them, more than than I could business relationship and more than you lot suspect… The Bigger Thomases were the only Negroes I know who consistently violated the Jim Crow laws of the Southward and got away with information technology, at least for a sweet brief spell. Eventually, the whites who restricted their lives made them, pay a terrible cost. They were shot, hanged, maimed, lynched, and mostly hounded until they were either dead or their spirits broken."
Antaeus is a cooperative theater ensemble founded to empower the actor and to bring classical theater to Southern California. The company exists to create a family of artists and audiences and is dedicated to exploring stories with enduring themes. Taking their company proper noun from the Titan who gained strength past touching the Earth, Antaeus members — many of whom are familiar to film and television set audiences — regain their creative forcefulness by returning to the wellspring of their craft: live theater. Members of the company bridge a broad range of historic period, ethnicity and feel they accept performed on Broadway, at major regional theaters across the country, in moving picture, television and on local stages, and are the recipients of numerous accolades and awards.

Performances of Native Son open on Thursday, April xix and continue thereafter on Fridays and Saturdays at eight p.k. Sundays at two p.m., and Mondays at 8 p.thousand. (dark Monday, April 23 and Mon, May 28) through June three. There will be one additional Th evening performance on May 31 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 on Thursdays, Fridays and Mondays, and $34 on Saturdays and Sundays. Six preview performances take place April 12 through April 18. Preview tickets are priced at $15. Antaeus Theatre Company has partnered with TodayTix, the free mobile ticketing platform, to offer a $5 preview lottery a limited number of $v tickets will exist made available through the TodayTix app for previews.

The Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center is located at 110 Eastward Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 (between Northward. Brand Blvd. and Maryland Ave.). The kickoff 90 minutes of parking is gratuitous, then $2 per hr, in Glendale Market place garage located at 120 South. Maryland Ave (betwixt Broadway and Harvard). The theater is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible.

For reservations and information, call 818-506-1983 or become to www.antaeus.org.

Presenter / Producer: Antaeus Theatre Company

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Theater > Drama

Event Phone: 818-506-1983

Venue
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Eye
110 East Broadway
Glendale CA 91205

Regions:
North Hollywood / Burbank / Glendale

Performance Dates: iv/12/2018 - vi/iii/2018

Thursday, 04/12/2018 Friday, 04/13/2018 Saturday, 04/14/2018 Sunday, 04/15/2018 Tuesday, 04/17/2018 Wednesday, 04/eighteen/2018 Thursday, 04/19/2018 Friday, 04/20/2018 Saturday, 04/21/2018 Lord's day, 04/22/2018 Friday, 04/27/2018 Saturday, 04/28/2018 Sunday, 04/29/2018 Monday, 04/thirty/2018 Fri, 05/04/2018 Sabbatum, 05/05/2018

Sunday, 05/06/2018 Mon, 05/07/2018 Fri, 05/11/2018 Sabbatum, 05/12/2018 Lord's day, 05/thirteen/2018 Mon, 05/14/2018 Friday, 05/18/2018 Saturday, 05/19/2018 Dominicus, 05/xx/2018 Mon, 05/21/2018 Friday, 05/25/2018 Sabbatum, 05/26/2018 Dominicus, 05/27/2018 Thursday, 05/31/2018 Fri, 06/01/2018 Saturday, 06/02/2018 Lord's day, 06/03/2018

Performance Times
Tues, Wednesday.(previews) viii:00 pm Thurs., Fri., Sat., Mon. 8:00 pm Sun. ii:00 pm

Ticket Information:
Sat., Lord's day., Opening $34 Thurs, Fri., Sat. $30 previews $sixteen

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