LOCOMOTION Comes to the Orpheum Stage, 2/7

By: Jan. 31, 2012
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On Tuesday evening, February 7 at 6:00 PM, The Orpheum Theatre's 2011-2012 Family Series will present the stage adaptation of Jacqueline Woodson's novel, Locomotion.

Presented by the Kennedy Center for Young Audiences and co-commissioned with the Orlando Repertory Theatre, award-winning novelist Jacqueline Woodson has turned her Coretta Scott King Honor Book into a play about the journey of Lonnie Collins Motion, an energetic African-American boy nicknamed Locomotion who has experienced family tragedy. After discovering a passion for writing poetry, Lonnie begins a journey to self-expression, hope, and a new home.

Jacqueline Woodson has written numerous award-winning books for young people. She is the youngest person ever to win the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Young Adult Library Services Association, is the only author to receive three Newbery Honor Awards-for Show Way, Feathers, and After Tupac and D Foster-and has been recognized by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee for I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, andLocomotion. Her Coretta Scott King Award and Los Angeles Times Prize-winning novel Miracle's Boys was made into a mini-series directed by, among others, Spike Lee. Her first play, Locomotion, is adapted from the National Book Award Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor novel of the same name, and like many of her works, has appeared on numerous Best Books and Notable lists.

Locomotion is an official 2011-2012 Family Series Show and is sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission. The Orpheum's 2011-2012 Family Series is sponsored by Bank of America. Tickets are $15 & $20 and are available at The Orpheum Theatre Box Office, the Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers. Purchase 10 or more tickets and receive the group ticket price of $9. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (901) 525-3000 or go online at www.orpheum-memphis.com.



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