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Shotgun Players presents "The Magnolia Ballet"
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The world is changing slowly but deeply
The Magnolia Ballet is a tale of four men: a son, a lover, an ancestor, and a father. They dance in the sticky heat of a rural, Southern Gothic landscape fraught with secrets and possibilities. With expansive poetry and whispered prose, this piece births resilience underneath the bloom of fresh magnolias.
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SF/Arts Curator Insight
Described as a sort of Southern Gothic fable, this four-character play, by Terry Guest, focuses on a queer Black teenager haunted by multi-generational ghosts. Set in hot-sticky Georgia, the drama includes dance and poetry as it explores racism, homophobia and a charged father/son relationship. “Thoroughly moving,” wrote the Chicago Reader when it premiered in 2022. At Shotgun Players. AeJay Antonis Marquis directs.
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Contributing Writer, Theater
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