BROADWAY UPTOWN:ZORA! RETURNS TO HARLEM-DINNER & THEATER SHOW -The Story of the Greatest Renaissance EVER!!!)
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This is not just entertainment, it's history! Living and live! --Richard Fewell
“And there I am standing on 125th street with a pair of calipers measuring the size of folks head.” –zora “Naïve, childlike, sweet humorous and highly colored negro…most nobody else could stop the average Harlemite on Lenox Avenue and measure his head with a strange looking anthropological device and not get bawled out for the attempt, except Zora, who used to stop anyone whose head looked interesting, and measure it.” Langston Hughes“she could make you laugh one minute and cry the next” said Langston Hughes.
ZORA! RETURNS TO HARLEM Dinner and Theater Show
HARLEM's HISTORY Cultural Masterpiece
Experience the magic of 'live' theater ‘wrapped' in Harlem's History.
Prepare to be taken on an epic journey of historical adventures with the one woman play ZORA!Returns To Harlem. ‘Zora' chronicles the life and times of one the most prolific woman of the Harlem Renaissance. ZORA,' tells the story of the legendary Zora Neale Hurston, a quintessential survival writer and Harlem Renaissance Woman.
The 15 character portrayal is filled with gut wrenching history about the life and times of Harlem's' Renaissance woman who came from the south with one change of underwear, one dress, and one pair of shoes and ultimately became one of the worlds famous literary genius. The New Orleans-actress' Antoniá Badón-unique one-woman biography, transcends time and place for a moment in time and allow the audience to witness a sneak preview of the extraordinary dramatic transformation and portrayal of the famous Hurston in Zora! Returns to Harlem.
Starring NAACP Award Winner Antonia Badón
Written by Five Time AUDELCO Award Winner Laurence Holder
"Badon ...brought Holder's historical portrait
of Zora and Harlem 1920's bubbling tolife...BRAVO!!"
By: Playthell Benjamin
A story of Triumph, Courage & Success
"And there I am standing on 125th Street with a pair of calipers measuring the size of folks head!"
Harlem, New York -Zora in Harlem ignites the spirit of Zora's adventurous energy in Harlem while preparing Harlem to trace its roots to the famous era and the richest collaborations in African American Literature that ended in what some calls the most infamous quarrel in African-American Literature. Ms. Hurston ranks amongst the most widely taught American authors.
She is the center of literary study throughout the world, the first black woman to graduate from Bernard College and a (1936) recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship Award.
Zora Neale Hurston has never been more alive than in the soul-tingling fifteen portraits presented with respect, empathy, and boundless love, by a young New Orleans-bred actress named, Antonia Badon. Antonia shares the heart, soul, and true spirit of ZORA with such care that the pioneering and fearless writer struts right before our eyes, and we feel her in our bones; in all her charm, wit, and glory. This performance is ripe for the college circuit and anyone who believes in the power of one person to move the world!" (2000 Who's Who Among America's Teachers) -Richard Fewell
"It is a heroic performance by Ms. Badón, who holds the audience...included Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and distinguished editor, Les Payne - in the palm of her hand for an hour and twenty minutes...the applause was tumultuous from the packed room...a splendid evening of theater". (The Black World Today) -Playthell Benjamin
"Antonia Badon's ZORA gives us her heart and mirth. Sparking in its Simplicity!" (WHCR-radio) -Daaiya Lomaxx
"Zora" Goes to Harlem, is a story that needs to be told. Badón gives a flawless performance that
brings back the appreciation for black literary achievement ...
a show-stopping debut at the intimate dinner theater" --Khadijah Cole
Witness the past, the present, and the future of a writer who helped transform Harlem's economic structure with the launching of the first black literary work "Fire." With the gift of story-telling and the ability to soar beyond the highest of heights, ZORA tells a story of the times she reached her apex and discovered her potential as an anthropologist, essayist and contributor to various projects with her "colored" contemporaries including Langston Hughes,
Richard Wright, Wallace Thurman, Alain Locke, Dubois and Garvey.
ZORA pack all the ingredients of a "must-see" production and a production destined for BROADWAY!
Executive Producer: Antonia Badón
Produced by: DovetailACTORS Studios, XT Productions, SLR/Augustus Publishing, BlueHouse Blinds...................FOR BOOKINGS AND PERFORMANCES CONTACT 347.767.8482 or Email: zorareturns1@verizon.net
GROUP TOUR OPPORUNITIES
OTHER SPECIAL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES:
Plan your entire Cultural Renaissance Theater experience with us.
Simply select the package that fits your dining pleasure and we
will do of the rest. All package costs are per person, include tax and gratuity.
Harlem is History Cultural Renaissance Speciallized Group Packages (Churches/Colleges/Schools/Large&Small Groups/civic/political organizations)
(1) Brunch & Theater
(2) Lunch & Theater
(2b) BoxLunch & Theater
(2c) Snack & Theater
(3) midday 2pm Lunch & Theater
(4) Dinner & Theater
(5) Couples & special dates
(6) Holiday Package
(7) It's a Celebration Package (Celebrate a special event, birthday, holiday, anniversary,
(8) Corporate/Business/Organizations (perfect for your small or large business,
civic, political, community orgaization)
CONTACT US @ 347.767.8482 or VIA EMAIL: zorareturns1@verizon.net
Come Witness the Sassy Literary Epic
FOR BOOKINGS- MORE INFORMATION - RSVP TICKETS CONTACT: 347.767.8482 or Email: Zorareturns1@verizon.net
Starring Antonia says:
6 months ago
Come Witness the Sassy Literary Epic