Marie, GODDAMN MARIE!, by Yolanda K. Wilkinson | a staged reading
Mon, Mar 18
|New York
Marie, GODDAMN MARIE! is a Magical Realist, Absurdist, Dark Comedy, Horror story about creole and black women and girls (age range from 10-70) striving to claim power and agency over their lives through political and supernatural means in 1870s New Orleans. **WARNING LABEL BELOW**
Time & Location
Mar 18, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
New York, 94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009, USA
About the event
After it's first reading in October, Marie, GODDAMN MARIE, by Yolanda K. Wilkinson returns to the EstroGenius stage for a second, staged reading.
In 1870s New Orleans, the Black and Creole women of the Pitot House made two African-American men Governor of Louisiana. Did they use politics or magic to do it?
Marie, GODDAMN MARIE! is a new play by Yolanda K. Wilkinson
“There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.”
Marie, GODDAMN MARIE! is a Magical Realist, Absurdist, Dark Comedy, Horror story about creole and black women and girls (age range from 10-70) striving to claim power and agency over their lives through political and supernatural means in 1870s New Orleans. They were able to install TWO African-American men into the office of Governor of Louisiana in the late 19th Century. This play blends genres.…