Ain't I A Woman!

Ain’t I a Woman!, a new music theatre work for actress and chamber music trio, celebrates the life and times of four powerful African-American women: renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer. The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals and blues of the Deep South, the urban vitality of the Jazz Age and contemporary concert music by African-Americans.

The Core Ensemble, Tahirah Whittington, cello, Hugh Hinton, piano, and Michael Parola, percussion, with actress Taylore Mahogany Scott, will perform the latest in a series of multicultural and feminist performance pieces produced by the ensemble over the past 10 years.

The Core Ensemble has toured in Australia, England, Russia, Ukraine, the Caribbean and in every region of the United States. Versatile performer Taylore Mahogany Scott has performed in film, on stage and on television including the nationally televised PBS show African-American Lives with Oprah Winfrey.

Admission is free. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Brothers and Sisters United as part of Black History Month.