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Theater Fri Dec 30 2011
Daniel Beaty's Emergency
Daniel Beaty; Photo: Nathan Yungerberg.
Daniel Beaty stars in Emergency, his critically-acclaimed, award-winning, one-man show that explores the concept of identify and personal freedom. Using the African-American experience as the foundation, via a slave ship that sails in front of the Statue of Liberty--and through acting, poetry and song, Beaty portrays a cast of over forty characters, ranging from a homeless man, a scientist and a young boy, to ask the question, "How free are we?"
Emergency runs Thursday, Jan. 5 at 6:30pm and Friday, Jan. 6 at 7:30pm at the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl.; tickets are $15-$40. For more information, call 773-947-0600.
