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. 

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