11th Anniversary Season Tour
Faith, Hope, and Charity
Faith Hope and Charity: The Mary McLeod Bethune Story is an inspiring bio-drama, with gospel score, about educator/activist Bethune’s rise from illiterate sharecropper’s daughter to presidential advisor.
Juneteenth Blues Cabaret
Juneteenth Legacy Theatre's Juneteenth Blues Cabaret is a 70 minute, 24-song classic blues tribute to legendary African-American women blues singers Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday,Dinah Washington and Lena Horne.
The 24-Classic Blues Set List:
Bessie Smith: Aggravatin’ Papa,Good Ole Wagon, Fine Fat Daddy,
If I Could Be With You.
Ethel Waters: There’ll Be Some Changes Made, I Love My Man,
Shake That Thing, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cabin in the Sky.
Billie Holiday: Summertime, Baby Won’t You Please Come Home,
Lady Sings the Blues,Taint Nobody Bizness If I Do,God Bless the Child.
Dinah Washington: The Blues Aint Nothin But a Woman Cryin For Her Man,
It’s a Mean Ole Man’s World, Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Mornin,
What a Difference a Day Made, No One Man.
Lena Horne: Stormy Weather, St. Louis Woman, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues,
What Is This Thing Called Love,The Man I Love
BOLD JOURNEY Tour performances are cabarets and and bio-drama productions that illuminate the African-American experience and American history. BOLD JOURNEY Tour shows are excellent family entertainment that educates too! BOLD JOURNEY Tour shows have played at venues as varied as 400-seat houses with proscenium stages to branch libraries with fold-up chairs arranged in the lobby to community rooms at senior centers. And we now offer a school component, BOLD JOURNEY LIT Tour, which brings adaptations of works by literary icons, August Wilson and Zora Neale Hurston, to the classroom!
BOLD JOURNEY Tour performances can be booked alone or in combination with school residencies and workshops. Performances can be as short as 45 minutes, (perfect for a school period) or as long as 90 minutes - a full evening's entertainment. BOLD JOURNEY Tour performances fit every budget with fees ranging from $1000 - $5000*.
Juneteenth Legcy Theatre is a roster artist with the Southern Arts Federation and the Kentucky Arts Council, and is an eligible organization for presenters seeking grant support to underwrite their programs.
BOLD JOURNEY Tour productions have played at the Alhambra Theater, Hopkinsville KY; Purdue University, West Lafayette IN; the Historic State Theater, Elizabethtown KY; Lafayette Bar & Grille, New York City; Hamilton Grange Senior Center, Harlem/NYC; Free Louisville Public Library, Louisville KY; Nativity School at St. Boniface, Louisville KY; Eldercare in Louisville, the Kentucky State Fair, and in Campbellsville KY.
The BOLD JOURNEY Tour repetoire consists of:
Juneteenth Blues Cabaret, our most frequently requested work, is a 24-song classic blues tribute to legendary singers, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Lena Horne. Also available with a performance is the "Blues in You" workshop. [Click here for residency and workshop information]
Faith Hope and Charity: The Mary McLeod Bethune Story is an inspiring bio-drama, with gospel score, about educator/activist Bethune’s rise from illiterate sharecropper’s daughter to presidential advisor.
For fee and scheduling information:
juneteenthlegacy@aol.com
212-964-1904
BOLD JOURNEY LIT Tour: August in June. Experience the genius of America’s greatest playwright, August Wilson. Scenes and monologues from his plays are tailored for specific grades from middle to high school. This show humanizes American history and makes it an enjoyable experience for students! Call Kristi Papailler at 502-636-4200 or email k.papailler@insightbb.com to discuss your needs and interests. Kristi teaches in the Jefferson County school system and understands your goals and objectives.
*Fees do not include travel related expenses.
For more information on our 10th Anniversary Tour
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For fee and scheduling information:
juneteenthlegacy@aol.com
212-964-1904
