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Mr. Joy at ArtsEmerson: Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre

Dates: (9/22/2015 - 10/18/2015 )

Theatre:

ArtsEmerson: Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre


559 Washington Street
Boston,MA 02111

Phone: 617.824.8400

Tickets: $25-$35

Running Time: 85 minutes

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What happened to Mr. Joy? A Harlem community is disrupted when a Chinese immigrant’s shoe repair shop, a neighborhood pillar for decades, does not open its doors. Playwright and artist-in-residence Daniel Beaty (Breath & Imagination, Emergency), returns with another moving reflection on transforming pain into power, this time through the lens of nine shop customers. Tangela Large performs them all—from eleven-year-old Clarissa, to a budding shoe designer, to “gangsta granny” Bessie. Together, they reflect on the shop owner’s impact on their lives, and discover how a community can learn to heal in order to dream again.

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