Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery opens
December 2 and continues through December 4 at the Rooke
Theatre.
"I was raised in this house by some of
the wisest women to see the light of day...These old snuff dippers
taught me some things about living and loving and being a woman."
--Daughter
The Mount Holyoke Department of
Theatre Arts and the University of Massachusetts New World Theater
will present Shakin'
the Mess Outta Misery
by Shay Youngblood December 2 - 4 in the Rooke Theatre. The
performances are at 8 pm nightly with an additional 2 pm matinee on
Saturday, December 4. Shakin' the Mess Outta
Misery is the first
coproduction of MHC and the New World Theatre.
The play is being directed by Celia
Hilson, currently artist-in-residence at the Magnet Middle School in
Holyoke. Actresses are from four of the five and campuses and include
MHC students Delores Brown '00, Carrie Bullock '01, Aja Crockett '03,
and Hazel Meda '03.
Shakin' the Mess Outta
Misery, a 1991 NAACP
Theater Award nominee set during the 1950s and 60s in the southern
United States, is the story of a community of women. Taking its name
from a faith-healing ceremony, the play follows Daughter's
preparation for the ritual of womanhood. Abandoned by her birth
mother and raised by a sisterhood of older black women she calls her
"mamas," Daughter prepares to "go to the river." In a small southern
town, a place where dreams and memories collide, Daughter recalls the
stories which have helped to forge her identity.
Tickets are $5 for general admission
and $3 for students and low-income patrons. For tickets, call the
Mount Holyoke College box office at x2406.
photos by Fred
LeBlanc
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