march, 2021
26mar7:00 pmPingree's Past: A new playWayne State University
Event Details
About the show Written by Garlia Cornelia Directed by Gary Anderson Guest artist Gary Anderson, a 2016 Kresge Artist Fellow and Artistic Director of Detroit’s Plowshares Theatre Company, directs the premiere work of acclaimed
Event Details
About the show
Written by Garlia Cornelia
Directed by Gary Anderson
Guest artist Gary Anderson, a 2016 Kresge Artist Fellow and Artistic Director of Detroit’s Plowshares Theatre Company, directs the premiere work of acclaimed playwright, Garlia Cornelia. Pingree’s Past is a brand new play set in contemporary Detroit.
In Garlia Cornelia’s own words
Pingree’s Past is the working title of this new play that I wrote during my two-week residency at Popps Packing in Hamtramck, MI during the summer of 2018. I’m a Detroit native and have been spending more and more time there over the last two years, taking in what has been going on with the city’s re-growth, who is responsible and who gains the most from the new developments in the city. During the summer of 2017, I wrote an essay that appeared on www.salon.com.
The new story of Detroit is living within me and while I had a different play mapped out to write during the Popps Packing residency, what became “Pingree’s Past” flowed out of me. I had one reading of the play at the end of the two-week residency and another reading of the play on September 21st. Through development, I hope to dive deeper into the story and the familial relationship and financial struggles that are at the core of the work.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm
Organizer
Theater and Dance at Waynetheatrepr@wayne.edu