Katori Hall’s Hurt Village
Playing at Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues) from February 7 – March 18, 2012
Directed by Patricia McGregor, the cast includes Tonya Pinkins, Saycon Sengbloh, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Ron Cephas Jones, Nicholas Christopher, Corey Hawkins, Charlie Hudson III, Joaquina Kalukango, Lloyd Watts
It’s the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. A government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project’s residents, including Cookie, a thirteen year-old aspiring rapper, along with her mother Crank and great-grandmother Big Mama. As the family prepares to move, Cookie’s father Buggy unexpectedly returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Ravaged by the war, Buggy struggles to find a position in his disintegrating community, along with a place in his daughter’s wounded heart.
A bold, gritty and devastating work, Hurt Village earned Katori Hall the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, given annually to an outstanding female playwright.
RUNTIME: 2 hours, 30 minutes.
The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre: Tues-Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 & 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm.
Sunday evening performance on March 4, 18, 18 @ 7:30 pm.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at (212) 244-7529 or online at www.signaturetheatre.org.
