Peace Center & Gallery - Song for Coretta

January 21, 2010 by cultid

By Detroit's own Pearl Cleage, this sharp, funny and poignant play pays tribute to Coretta Scott King through the memories of five strangers whose everyday lives embody her ongoing legacy and the triumphs and tragedies of a movement that is seared into their history. Inspired by the long line of mourners who came by Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, 'A Song for Coretta' introduces five fictional African-American women, aged 17 to 57, waiting in the rain to say their final good-byes. Cleage shows the impact that Mrs. King had on the lives of these women, and the connections that they build with one another through her memory and legacy

Tickets are only $25! Support the "Rep" and the Peace Center & Gallery. Call soon to order your tickets, as we have sold out every year!

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