August Wilson's Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at ArtsCentric

Set in a Chicago recording studio, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom chronicles a day in the life of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her band as they navigate the racial tensions and power struggles of the music industry. Through Wilson’s powerful dialogue and the characters’ unfiltered exchanges, audiences are thrust into a world of music, ambition, and the bittersweet resilience of Black artists under the thumb of a prejudiced system.