Carpetbag Theatre Artistic Director Parris-Bailey to Read New Work at UT
Playwright Linda Parris-Bailey, executive artistic director and principal writer-in-residence for Knoxville’s Carpetbag Theatre group, will read scenes from her new commissioned work, "Giants of Lehigh Valley," 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the UT Commons, on the second floor of Hodges Library.
The play is a tapestry of theater and song highlighting a century of the African American experience in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.
The public is welcome to attend the reading, which is co-sponsored by the UT Department of Theatre, the UT Office of Information Technology and Lehigh University.
Related Stories from Tennessee Today
- UT Black Student Theatre Group Hosts 1st Play (March 28, 2002)
- Gift by Theatre Department Employee Bridges Artistic Boundaries (May 12, 2008)
- UT Faculty and Staff Offer: Six Clarence Brown Theatre Shows for $70 (August 24, 2011)
- Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre Performs at CBT Sept. 28 (September 22, 2009)
- UT Helps Gibbs High Students Celebrate Black History Month (February 25, 2008)
- UT’s Africana Studies Teams with Gibbs High School for Black History Month Program (February 22, 2008)
- Clarence Brown Theatre Opens 35th Season with “A Streetcar Named Desire” (August 26, 2009)
- MacLean Elected President of University/Resident Theatre Association (March 19, 2010)
