Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
Vivian
A mother's brave journey of loss, love and learning to choose life.
Playwright
Janine Nabers
Director
Freddie Ashley
Synopsis
Atlanta, 1979. The Atlanta Child Murders grip the entire city. Single mother Vivian copes with the disappearance of her young son while working tirelessly to give a fresh start to her troubled teenage daughter. When a handsome stranger enters her life with promises of new love, she soon learns that nothing is as it seems. This award-winning play by one of America’s most promising young playwrights pulses to life with extraordinary grace and raw emotional power.
...an extraordinary writer – powerful and funny and brave.Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman,
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Drea Lewis, Kelli Winans. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown, Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese, Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese, Kevin Harry. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Kevin Harry. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Drea Lewis, Kelli Winans. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese-Bolden. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Gilbert Glenn Brown, Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese, Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Tinashe Kajese, Kevin Harry. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Kevin Harry. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
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Imani Guy Duckette. Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.
Cast & Creative Team
Gilbert Glenn Brown
Man with the Face
Imani Guy Duckette
Latoya
Drea Lewis
Gladys
Kelli Winans
Damita
Brian Hatch
Mickey/Jimmy/Police Officer
Director
Assistant Director
Scenic and Costume Designers
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Properties Designer
Stage Manager
Dramaturg
Casting Director
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Dramaturg
Running Time
90 minutes with no intermission
Content Advisory
Contains adult language and situations.
POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS
Post-show discussions will follow the matinee performances on April 3, 10 & 17.
Performances
Director's Rough Cut
March 30 at 8 pm
Previews
March 31 & April 1 at 8 pm
Opening Night
April 2 at 8 pm
Regular Performances
April 3-24
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
Additional Information
From the audience
From the Critics
"There are several moments in Janine Naber’s Serial Black Face where I wanted to jump up from my seat and leave. This is not because the play was bad. In fact, it was phenomenal."BroadwayBlack.com George Kevin Jordan,
"An audience couldn’t hope for a better actress in the central role than Kajese-Bolden…She capably expresses the character’s helplessness, her strength, her resourcefulness, her need and inexpressible grief."ArtsATL Andrew Alexander,