February 18 - March 15 A SONG FOR CORETTA Inspired by the long line of mourners who came by Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the play introduces five fictional African-American women, aged 17 to 57, waiting in the rain to say their good-byes. "Brims with wit, personality and life-affirming energy." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Black Rep (314) 534-3810 March 25 - April 19 MY SECRET LANGUAGE OF WISHES The play touches on the meaning of unconditional love without distinctions such as black or white, rich or poor, gay or straight. Jo, a lawyer and the play's main character, learns the meaning of love without boundaries as she engages in a legal dispute between two women- a young white and a black business woman - over the custody of a disabled black teenager. The Black Rep (314) 534-3810 April 29 - May 17 IN THE CONTINUUM In The Continuum dramatizes the devastating problem of HIV/AIDS among African and African-American women that has reached an all time high both in the US and Africa. Salter and Gurira felt the need to have a story told from a woman's perspective. The two actors portray numerous characters in two parallel stories that transform women with HIV/AIDS from statistical victims on new reports to empathetic people who demand compassion and attention. "Moving, spirited and surprisingly funny! Leaves behind a warm afterglow, of human struggles explored, illumined and embraced!" - The New York Times The Black Rep (314) 534-3810 May 27 - June 28 BLUES IN THE NIGHT The universal language of the blues wails out full and strong in this dynamite "dramatic revue" of twenty-six hot and steamy numbers that tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences three delicious women have with one very lonely, lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong! With little spoken text, the interweaving stories are defined through glorious songs which cover the range of this indigenous American art form, from Bessie Smith to Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Cox, Ida Cox and more, telling of the pain and misery of life and love and also of the dogged determination to get through it all that is the essence of the blues. The Black Rep (314) 534-3810