Shed Staged Reading
Sat, Nov 25
|Chicago Dramatists
A Time to Kill meets 12 Angry Men This powerful parable of what could come if change never comes takes place in a small Southern town.
Time & Location
Nov 25, 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
Chicago Dramatists , 798 N Aberdeen St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA
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About the Event
House opens at 1:30pm; Shed starts at 2pm. This reading is in partnership with Prop Thtr & Chicago Dramatists.
About Shed: Imagine, in a rural Southern town, a Black mother holds her daughter’s racist rapist captive. A Time to Kill meets 12 Angry Men This powerful parable of what could come if change never comes takes place in a small Southern town. Henrietta Nolan’s daughter, Kamalise, is raped by John Joseph Bailey. The Baileys are a prominent, white supremacy family. They basically own the town and therefore, are impervious to the law. The assault on Kamalise unearths buried memories of Henrietta’s own attack, coincidentally, by a member of the same family. Unable to live with this recurring nightmare, Henrietta is determined to put an end to the abuse the Baileys wield in this town. Employing a variety of tactics, Henrietta is hell-bent on exacting a confession from John Bailey. While…
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Nov 25th at 2pm
A Time to Kill meets 12 Angry Men This powerful parable of what could come if change never comes takes place in a small Southern town.
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