MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
May 10th - June 9th, 2018
The Michael Young Theatre
Produced by Soulpepper Theatre Company
Director: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Playwright: August Wilson
Movement Director Esie Mensah
Chicago in the 1920s is a city on a collision course with change, and the Blues are the battleground. In August Wilson’s masterpiece a routine music recording session becomes the front line for issues of race, power, and opportunity.