Columbia University School Of The Arts Presents THE WOMAN / THE MAN Directed By Jeffrey Page

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Jeffrey Page's (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2019) production of The Woman / The Man.

The Woman / The Man is a theatrical double feature comprised of two Obie-winning plays: Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro and Suzan-Lori Parks' The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead.

Sarah, a young woman living in New York, struggles with her racial identity in Funnyhouse of a Negro. A child born at the intersection of Black and White, Sarah encounters images of her heritage through manifestations of historical figures from Jesus Christ to Queen Victoria to Patrice Lumumba in Kennedy's dreamlike portrait of what it means to be a Woman of Color in America.

In The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead, Black Man is trapped in a perpetual state of execution. Set in "the great hole" in American History, the legacies and lives of forgotten and omitted African American men and women remain unheard and unseen. Echoes of Black American culture and stereotypes are personified in Parks' surreal narrative of the historical repetition of racial inequality.

Written nearly 30 years apart, the two pieces in The Woman / The Man remain as haunting and as relevant as the day each was written.

FEATURING: Odera Adimorah, Paris Cymone, Freddie Fulton *, David Glover, Natasha Hakata, Eric Harper *, Lauren Marissa Smith *, Vaughn Pole *, Anthony O. Pratt Jr., Steven Smith, Rachel Sorteberg *, Kirrin Tubo, and Titus VanHook.

* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

PRODUCTION TEAM: Lead Producer, Bethany Sharp, Producer & General Manager Mei Li Heman, Dramaturg Mandana Chaffa, Production Stage Manager Caitlyn Annelise Dominguez*, 1st Assistant Stage Manager Kelley Lynne Moncrief, 2nd Assistant Stage Manager Jianqiao Lu, Lighting Designer Eric Norbury, Scenic Designer Ramaj Jamar, Costume Designer Sabrina Bianca Guillaume, Sound Designer Kimberly S. O'Loughlin, Hair & Make-Up Designer Marilyn "Cookie" Jordan, Choreographer Jeffrey Page†, Assistant to the Director Cheryl Pickett, Company Manager Megan Savage, and Graphic Designer Anchuli Felicia King.

* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

† The Director (or Choreographer or Director-Choreographer) is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The Woman / The Man will run for a strictly limited engagement at The Lenfest Center for the Arts at 615 W. 129th St. Performances are February 13-16 at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee Saturday, February 16.

Tickets: $15 General Admission/ $5 Seniors/ FREE with Student ID (enter code: "parks"). Ticketing Info: https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/events/woman-man-evening-two-one-act-plays.