AC Phoenix. October 1990, Page 9
NCBR To Present
Driving Miss Daisy
The North Carolina
Black Repertory Com
pany will be starting its
engine when the com
pany opens the award
winning play and film,
‘Driving Miss Daisy," by
Alfred Uhry Oct. 19, 20,
21, 26, 27, and 28 in
the Arts Council Theatre
located at 610 Coliseum
Drive.
‘Driving Miss Daisy"
has received a great
deal of publicity in the
past couple of years, as
well as being the butt of
many jokes. Everybody
has been driving Miss
Daisy one way or the
other.
The question may
arise as to why the North
Carolina Repertory
Company would select
this particular play to of
fer the Winston-Salem
community. The com
pany's production will
focus very closely on
the play's black charac
ter, ‘Hoke Coieburn,'
Miss Daisy's chauffeur.
Is ‘Hoke" just a stereo
type of a black man ser
vicing an old Southern
lady or if people were to
acutely observe this
chauffeur, could they
find something more
profound? And could
that which is discovered
be used to improve the
quality of black and
white relationships in
the city of Winston-
Salem which has a very
real race relations prob
lem?
Those are some of
the questions for which
the company hopes to
offer some insight with
its production. The
‘Black Rep", in addition
to having an excellent
reputation for artistic
quality, is also known for
its extraordinary and in
novative techniques
used to reveal new
found discoveries in a
script which usually has
some significant mean
ing about the society
and world in which we
live.
The North Carolina
Black Repertory will use
two directors in staging
its production of
‘Driving Miss Daisy,"
one black and one
white: Larry Leon Ham
lin and Patricia W. Toole,
respectively.
Hamlin is the founder
of the North Carolina
Black Repertory Com
pany and has served as
the company's execu
tive and artistic director
for nearly 12 years. Un
der his direction, the
Company is considered
the most important pro
fessional black theatre
in the country. It pro
duced and hosted the
‘1989 National Black
Theatre Festival."
Worth Carolina Black Repertory Theatre Presents:
WINNtR ,1/ III,’ 1988 put ITZFR PRIZE
DRIVING
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October 19-20, 26-27 8 p.m.
21,28 3 p.m.
Arts Courx;ll Threalre
610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem
Admission. $10 Adults $6 Sludenl/Senior
Citizens Call 723-7907 lor Ticket Reservations
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