Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax

By: Mar. 25, 2009
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Magnolia by ReGina Taylor and directed by Anna D. Shapiro opened March 14 and plays to April 19 at Goodman Theater.

Atlanta, 1963. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Atlanta's black citizens to fight passionately for their civil rights, the new mayor erects "The Payton Wall" to restrict where they can live. Amid these churning social currents, Magnolia Estate faces foreclosure, pitting the sensual, free-spirited heiress Lily Forrest against Thomas, a strong-willed businessman who lays claim to the estate where his ancestors were slaves. As we welcome the first African American president into the White House, this poignant and timely world premiere by ReGina Taylor reminds us how much of Dr. King's dream has been realized-and how much is yet to be achieved. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the Tony Award-winning director of August: Osage County.

Photo courtesy of Goodman Theatre.

 

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Carolyn Branton and Erin Madden

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Brandon J. Dirden, with his parents Deborah and Willie Dirden

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Tyla Abercrumbie, Tanya Saracho, Daniel Bryant and Roxanna Conner

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Ernest Perry Jerry and E'Arliana McLaurin

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
John Judd and Willie Dirden

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Brandon J. Dirden, Annette O'Toole and Jon Michael Hill

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
John Earl Jelks and Annette O'Toole

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
John Hines and Tina Taddei

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Director Anna D. Shapiro and Playwright ReGina Taylor

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Caitlin Collins and director Anna D. Shapiro

Photo Flash: MAGNOLIA Opening Night Party At Hotel Sax
Cliff Chamberlain and his wife



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