Celebration Arts Presents BLACK PEARL SINGS and BLUE DOOR

Celebration Arts presents (In repertory) Black Pearl Sings by Frank Higgins and Blue Door by Tanya Barfield.

Black Pearl Sings Alberta "Pearl" Johnson has inherited from her African-American ancestors a soulful collection of rare folk songs. It's 1933 and she is imprisoned in Texas for murder. Music is her lifeline to family and future. Enter Susannah, a white woman who is an ambitious collector of songs for the Library of Congress. To advance her career, Susannah wants to record Pearl singing her extraordinary repertoire.

Pearl sees Susannah as a possible escort to freedom.Blue Door Lewis is a tenured professor of mathematics at a well-regarded university. Underneath his veneer of success lies a soul troubled by questions of personal and cultural identity. A night of disorienting insomnia conjures his ancestors, three generations of men from slavery through Black Power. They challenge Lewis to embark on a night journey combining past and present.

Celebration Arts 2727 B Street, Sacramento, CA. Black Pearl Sings 8 p.m. June 15, 16, 23, 30, July 12, 13, 19, 20, 28, 20182 p.m. June 17, 24, July 1, 29, 2018 Blue p.m.June 21, 22, 28, 29, July 5, 6, 7, 14, 21, 26, 27, 2018 2 p.m.July 8, 15, 22, 28, 2018. Tickets $20 general $15 seniors $13 students $10 all seats on Thursday. Tickets on-line at celebrationarts. Reservations and information at 916 455-2787.