NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Accept "Except" - A Play By Karimah Directed by George Faison Starring Ceez Liive & Tyree Young @ Faison Firehouse Theatre (Harlem, NYC)

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Accept "Except" - A Play By Karimah
Directed by George Faison
Starring Ceez Liive & Tyree Young
@ Faison Firehouse Theatre (Harlem, NYC)

Official Website: www.faisonfirehouse.org

TONY AWARD WINNER GEORGE FAISON CELEBRATES GAY PRIDE IN HARLEM WITH NEW PLAY ACCEPT "EXCEPT" LGBT NY BEGINNING JUNE 21, 2012 THRU JULY 22ND Accept "Except" LGBT NY, written by Karimah, has a cast led by spoken word artist/poet Cynthia Keteku, known as Ceez Liive and Tyree Young. Lighting Design by Thurston Reyes and Costume Design by Project Runway and Tony Award nominee (The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess) Esosa. Accept "Except" LGBT NY is about the struggle for justice in America from slavery to modern day Gay Rights. It tells the story of two gay twenty year olds running from the Law, a male from the 18th Century and a female from the 21st century.

Faison Firehouse Theatre
6 Hancock Place (off of 124th Street)

Between St.Nicholas and Morningside Avenues
Harlem, New York City 10027
Phone: 212-665-7698
E-mail: mail[at]faisonfirehouse.org
Website: www.faisonfirehouse.org

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