Stageworks Proudly Presents A Lesson Before Dying by Romulus Linney

A captivating drama of hope. Based on Ernest J. Gaines' award-winning 1992 book, this play is an elegant but harsh illumination of the search for grace and dignity before an innocent black man is put to death. A wrenching drama that engrosses and enrages, it shows how courageous one man can be in the face of prejudice and recapture his humanity.

The Stageworks production includes Gloria Bailey, Chip Carter, Slake Counts, Joshua Goff, Tia Jemison B. Dexter Lewis, Ron Bobb-Semple (Member of AEA). Director; Anna Brennen, Set Designer; RT Williams.

"The story's wrenching power lies not in its outrage but in the almost inexplicable grace the characters must muster as their only resistance to being treated like lesser beings." -The New Yorker

Performances from April 7-24, 2011
Shimberg Playhouse
David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place
Tampa, FL 33602
Thurs-Sat at 8PM and Sundays at 4PM
Regularly priced tickets $24.50 . $10.for preview on Thurs and for Students & Seniors 30 minutes prior to curtain at all other performances
Single tickets available at The Straz Center @ 813-229-7827 or online at www.strazcenter.org/
For group discounts please call: 813-251-8984