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Black History Month - Darfur Tun Wir Was - Charity Festival

 

hosted by the US.Embassy Vienna

 

Events:

 

Austrian Premiere of:

 

“The Meeting” by Jeff Stetson

 

Starring

Allan Browne: Dr. Martin Luther King, Norman Stehr: Malcolm X, Ronny Vero: Rashad

Solo voice: Victoria Quattelbaum

Directed by: Joanna Godwin-Seidl

Asst. Director: Eva Drnek

Ensemble Theater, Petersplatz 1, 1010 Wien Starts 19:45 , Freie Platzauswahl

Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd February

 

About the play

When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met alone, what did they say to each other?

In his striking play Jeff Stetson undertook to answer that question. In a fictional setting in a Harlem Hotel the scenes in which the men reveal the shared pain behind their very different philosophies of the racial struggle are compelling.

 

About the vienna theatre project production

A hotel room, turned into a barren landscape, Individual items across the theatre in the traverse theatre stage. Strong visual imagery at the beginning and end of the show, and a beautiful voice to touch the soul.

A strong current between the 2 actors, one depicting this calm yet powerful strength that is reticent and all seeing, the other a power that emanates, can barely be contained in a man and energy bursting for release. The battle of these forces claiming space and territory is eminent.

 

Dates in Brief

Darfur Tun Wir Was Concert , Birdland Thursday 7 th Febuary 2008

To Kill a Mockingbird , FILM MUSEUM , 3 rd February 2008

The Meeting , by Jeff Stetson, a play, ENSEMBLE THEATER, 21 st – 23 rd February 2008

Beloved, FILM MUSEUM , 24 th February 2008

 

Tickets Requested minimum donation:

Concert category 1	The Meeting	Film Museum
EUR 25.00	EUR 18.50	EUR 7.50

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Sponsors:

US Embassy Vienna, Ensemble Theater, Nestlé, Webster University , wien ticket, Birdland, Film Museum, Flanagan's, Cenario, Amway, vienna theatre project amongst others.

 

Bios:

Bio's of playwrights, directors, actors, artists and vienna theatre project staff available soon

 

 

Darfur & Black History Month Concert 7 th February

Birdland, 1010 Wien starts 8pm SELL OUT SUCCESS!!!!

Star studded line up: Eddie Cole, Kim Cooper, Lynne Kieran, Hannibal Means, Johnny K Palmer, Victoria Quattelbaum, Norman Stehr (M.C.), Ronny Vero, Daniél Williams, the Gospel Star Mass Choir directed by pastor Jon Palmer, music Mik Fischer from Cenario & Band.

Will take you on a journey of cultural integration, that has provided over 100's of years of musical influence - to become the leader of modern pop culture. A journey that started with the degradation of slavery but progressed to the successes of the civil rights movements, an end to racial segregation and a celebration of liberties for all. From gospel, to jazz, from motown to hip hop. A non stop singing extravaganza will be served up.

 

 

FILM MUSEUM 3 rd and 24 th February

 

Acknowledging freedom and celebrating human rights improvements:

“To Kill a Mockingbird” Sunday 3 rd February 11.00am start

Starring Gregory Peck. A classic film, a groundbreaking study on segregation and acceptance in latter day Alabama , as a lawyer (Peck) finds himself and his children at the forefront of a racial battle during the depression, defending a black man wrongly accused of rape. The original screenplay was adapted from the award winning book by Harper Lee, and won three Oscars.

 

“Beloved” Sunday 24 th February 11.00am start

1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison , adapted into a major award winning Hollywood movie starring Oprah Winfrey and Dannie Glover. Following the story of Sethe and her daughter Denver as they try to rebuild their lives after having escaped from slavery.