Karamu House presents the American premiere of The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search for God running now through April 15, 2018. Based on the short story by George Bernard Shaw, this side-splitting comedy is written by Lisa Codrington and directed by Nina Domingue.
Based on Shaw's original short story, the play follows a young African girl who is abandoned by a white missionary for asking too many questions about God. Taking matters into her own hands, she sets off on her own to find out who-or what-God really is. Along the way she meets a number of characters who have very different views on God. In the end, she's forced to make her own decisions on God and her search.
The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God was originally commissioned by The Shaw Festival, and was performed at The Court House Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 2016. The Toronto Star exclaimed the play is "a fast and wild voyage into Shaw's original source material that simultaneously turns it upside down."
Sponsored by KeyBank, tickets range from $15-$37 and can be reserved online via www.karamuhouse.org or by calling 216.795.7077.
India Pierre-Ingram appears in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Cleveland's Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
India Pierre-Ingram as The Black Girl and Robert Branch as George Bernard Shaw in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
India Pierre-Ingram as The Black Girl and Robert Branch as George Bernard Shaw in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
India Pierre-Ingram as The Black Girl and Samantha Cocco as The White Missionary in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
India Pierre-Ingram as The Black Girl and Samantha Cocco as The White Missionary in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
Kaila Benford as The Black Mamba in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
Robert Branch as The Lord of Hosts and Karl Toth as The Almighty in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
India Pierre-Ingram appears in the American premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD written by Lisa Codrington, directed by Nina Domingue at Karamu House. PHOTO CREDIT: Michelle Berki.
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