'SINCERITY FOREVER' Opens At The Brava Theater 1/8

In the month of January into early February, The Brava is celebrating the inauguration of the first African-American U.S. president with presentations discussing censorship, race and the extraordinary contribution of some of our heroes of the past. Brava is committed to producing, presenting and cultivating live art celebrating the intersection of feminism and multiculturalism that ignites social change and builds community. In the upcoming weeks, Brava will be exploring the American Metaphor and how it is changing - what it WAS to be American, what it IS to be American today, and how we look at the legacy as we embark on our future by exploring what it means to be American and face our American stereotypes.

Opening this weekend:
Sincerity Forever
Jan 8-17 8pm
$10-$25
A Classic defiant and funny retort to censorship, homophobia and racism.

Coming Soon:
A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 19 6pm-9:30
$5 Suggested Donation
6pm Artist Gallery Opening
7pm Citzen King: American Experience
9pm "I Have A Dream" Speech

A Song for Coretta
Jan 23-Feb 7 8pm, 3pm for Matinee
$10-$35
Homage to one of the many women in American history that is overlooked because of her relationship to an American male icon.

Nefasha Ayer
Feb 6-7 8pm
$18 advance/$25 at door
This project weaves together Ethiopian and South Indian melodies/rhythms against a varying backdrop of North American Jazz. Special Guests
Marcus Shelby, Howard Wiley, Classical Revolution and more.

"Sincerity Forever" by Mac Wellman
Jan 8/09—Jan 17/09 In the year of its debut, Mac Wellman's "Sincerity Forever" garnered the author two Obie awards, repudiation by the NEA, and a denunciation by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher in 1991. The play depicts a group of young people, members of the Invisible Nation, who are blinded by their belief in their own sincerity and their true American optimism. Come discover what the entire hullabaloo was about. A classic, defiant and damn funny retort to censorship.

"A Song for Coretta" by Pearl Cleage
Jan 22/09—Feb 7/09 On February 6, 2006, people began lining up at dawn outside of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose body lay in state in the small sanctuary. By mid-morning, the crowd wound down the street and around the corner of the old red brick building. At close to midnight, the crowd had dwindled to a determined few. The five fictional characters in this play are at the end of that long line.

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