"Fantastic, virtuosic display of writing, singing and telling the truth."
-- audience comment

Gemini Ink's Dramatic Readers Theater presents ...
Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence

7:30 pm, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
Jo Long Theater for the Performing Arts
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry, 78202
Free and open to the public

For the second year, Gemini Ink will launch the city's Black History Month observance with a performance of Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence. This year's performance will take place at Friday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 pm. We are proud to be at the Jo Long Theater for the Performing Arts, Carver Community Cultural Center. The performance is free and open to the public.

Written and compiled by the late playwright Sterling Houston (1945-2006), this hour-long examination of American slavery is performed by a quartet of professional actors and jazz musicians who bring history to life.

Black & Blue pairs traditional jazz and blues with dramatic interpretations of literature, folklore, and historical documents, including reward posters for runaway slaves, excerpts from letters and journals by both slaves and slave owners, and a San Antonio curfew ordinance. Featured performers are Bett Butler (director), SkudR Jones, Danielle King and Ron Wilson.

Again this year, Gemini Ink is grateful to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP for underwriting our performance. Our generous cooperating partners are Trinity University’s KRTU 91.7 FM, the the Witte Museum.  

Questions? Call 734-9673 or email communications@geminiink.org

RESOURCES FOR MEDIA and EDUCATORS

• Read professional bios of the the performers here.
• Download an image of playwright Sterling Houston. Photo credit: Jim Dawes
• Exploring Black and Blue, a web-based study guide appropriate for mature students and adults is available here.