Swimming Upstream Premiers in Atlanta
Published on: October 15, 2008
Written by: WDNStaff
In April of 2008, WDNers and their friends and families traveled to New Orleans for V-DAY celebrations and the world premier of Swimming Upstream (The Katrina Monologues). Read below for an update on this moving production.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Susan Celia Swan/Kate Fisher
(917) 865 6603 press@vday.org
V TO THE TENTH UPDATE
FROM THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS TO ATLANTA,
SWIMMING UPSTREAM TO PREMIERE NOVEMBER 5 – 16, 2008 AT TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY
October 16, 2008 – V-Day's 10th anniversary year continues with the announcement of the first theatrical run for Swimming Upstream.
V-Day and Ashe Cultural Arts Center, have partnered with acclaimed director Kenny Leon, artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company, to bring Swimming Upstream, a look into real-life stories from women who survived Hurricane Katrina, to Atlanta audiences.
The play was originally incubated and coordinated by V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler and Founder of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center. Carol Bebelle. Together Carol and Eve worked with seventeen writers to produce a fluid piece of storytelling with humor and music that comes from the hearts of New Orleanians. It premiered to great acclaim and an audience of thousands at the Louisiana Superdome as part of V-Day's anniversary in April.
Swimming Upstream, a powerful and intimate production, transforms consciousness and moves people's hearts through the telling of raw, lyrical, soulful stories of women who have lived through the flood with grace, rage, humor and great resiliency. The Atlanta cast will feature Phylicia Rashad, Jasmine Guy, Shirley Knight, Kerry Washington and New Orleanian performers Troi Bechet, Asali Njeri DeVan, Anne-Liese Juge Fox, Karen-kaia Livers and singers, Michaela A. Harrison, GaBrilla Ballard, Leslie Blackshear Smith all of whom are also writers of pieces in the show.
An opening night gala celebration will take place on Thursday, November 6 and will include a Big Easy-inspired party featuring music and cuisine at the W Atlanta Midtown Hotel. The gala will benefit Ashe, V-Day and True Colors. The show runs November 5-16 at the 14th Street Playhouse. Swimming Upstream at the 14th Street Playhouse, 117 14th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, November 5 – 16; Tickets: $35 - $50 www.truecolorstheatrecompany.com or 404.733.5000.
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