Veils at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

THE BLACK HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION & RESOURCE CENTER AND RESTORATION STAGE BRINGS INSPIRATIONAL VEILS THE MUSICAL BACK TO LOS ANGELESGut-wrenching, eye-opening, and inspiring Veils is a scrapbook, a dream booka record of womens work. DCTheatreScene.comThe Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) has teamed with Restoration Stage (Washington, DC) to bring the popular musical Veils back to the Los Angeles area after having to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The performances are September 15th-18th at 2:00 PM and 8:00PM at the Nate Holden Performing Art Center in Los Angeles, California.So much has been written about the men lost in the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements. Unexplored, however, are the stories of the women whose lives are affected by these tragediesthe women who wear the Veils.This musical is described as an emotional historical pageant of grief and resilience, that pays tribute to women veiled in mourning, with a focus on Black lives lost in bloodshed during the sixties Civil Rights Movement.Written by Steven A. Butler Jr.Directed by Courtney Baker-OliverMusic and Lyrics by Courtney Baker-Oliver & Christopher John Burnett

Authors

• Donald Heywood
• Irving Kaye Davis