TODAY IS THE DAY TO GET
BACK IN THE DAY
Back in the Day, the world premiere of local New Orleans playwright Harold Ellis Clark, will play October 12-22, 2023 at the André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, 2541 Bayou Road in New Orleans. For tickets ($20.00 to $35.00), visit No Dream Deferred NOLA. Call (504) 957-2743 for group sales inquiries.
Presented by No Dream Deferred and HEC Communications, and directed by Lauren Turner Hines, the play is et in present-day Algiers, a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi, where four women deliberate the benefits and consequences of confronting the sole-surviving man whose actions continue to haunt them years later. This is the reunion with an ex-offender, recently released from prison, with the woman rescued from a violent incident 16 years earlier. It stars Karen Kaia Livers, Del Joseph, April Louise, Riga Ruby, and Martin “Bats” Bradford.
No Dream Deferred NOLA’s Producing Artistic Director, Lauren Turner Hines, says, “We are grateful to Harold for crafting this story because it has the power to transform the community. Back in the Day amplifies the voices of those who we seldom hear from. No Dream Deferred NOLA’s mission is to bring these voices center stage.” Back in the Day earned Mr. Clark a $6,000 Grant from the 2023 Sherri Marina Memorial, which will be used to support the world premiere. He also was named a finalist for the 2020 Trustus Playwrights’ Festival (Columbia, SC) for the play.
SCHEDULE (doors open 1 hour before performance):
Thurs, October 12, 2023 at 7:00 pm (preview)
Fri, October 13, 2023 at 7:00 pm (preview)
pre-show talk at 6:15pm | Lobby
Sat, October 14, 2023, at 7:00 pm
Opening Night performance followed by reception in the lobby
Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:00 pm
30 minute post-show conversation with playwright + cast | Mainstage Theatre
Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm
pre-show talk at 6:15pm | Lobby
Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm
pre-show talk at 6:15pm | Lobby
Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Closing Performance Pre-show Talk at 2:15pm
About No Dream Deferred NOLANo Dream Deferred is a community-anchored theatre production company, founded in 2016. We prioritize cultural relevance for our community audience as well as theatrical works written by playwrights that have been historically marginalized. We recognize the systemic nature of cultural marginalization in the arts and therefore, we fight to create and to create as often as we please so that our stories are told and our dreams are never deferred. No Dream Deferred strives to be an artistic home to theatre-makers of color in New Orleans, a place where our stories are authentically realized and wonderfully experienced.
