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Voices of Diversity presents Scenes from I’m Not Rappaport
8
p.m., Wednesday,
February 21
Main Room.
Oberlin College’s
Wilder Hall, 135 W. Lorain St.
Free
admission
A generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is allowing Oberlin College to undertake the multi-year initiative.
The Voices of Diversity production of "Scenes from I’m Not Rappaport" is gener-ously supported by Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation, Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, Eleanor Gerson Suppor-ting Foundation, and The Andrews Foundation.
Media
Contact:
Betty.Gabrielli@oberlin.edu (440-775-8474).
CWRU’S VOICES OF DIVERSITY TO PERFORM "SCENES FROM I’M NOT RAPPAPORT" AT OBERLIN COLLEGE
FEBRUARY 13, 2001--Oberlin College will bring the Voices of Diversity production of "Scenes from I’m Not Rappaport" from Case Western University University (CWRU) to campus this month as part of a multi-year initiative to nurture the sense of campus community and improve dialogue about multicultural issues.
The performance--on February 21--will include selections from I’m Not Rappaport--the 1986 Tony Award-winning comedy by Herb Gardner that focuses on the lifelong friendship between two elderly men, Midge, an African-American building custodian, and Nat, a white union radical. The plot centers on the desire of Nat’s daughter to place her father in a nursing home.
The play--which critics call bittersweet and funny--encourages audience discussion about issues of racism, intergenerational conflict, diversity, and the deep bonds that can exist among people despite racial and other differences.
The performers include Marvin Rosenberg, professor of ethics and social work at CWRU’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Sarah May and Abdullah Bey.
Rosenberg is an actor and the founder of Voices of Diversity. Believing that theatre can offer unique perspectives on life, he developed the group to promote justice and health care reform through drama-discussions and to present plays that stimulate discussion and thinking and enhance sensitivity about social and ethical issues.
Voices of Diversity is co-sponsored by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and the Center for Professional Ethics at Case Western Reserve University.
May teaches acting at the Cleveland Playhouse and Cuyahoga Community College. Formerly artistic director of Karamu Theater and education director of the Great Lakes Theater Festival, she also is an award-winning director and actress who has worked extensively with the Dobama ensemble and at Beck Center, Cain Park and the Jewish Community Center theaters.
Abdullah Bey is a stand-up comedian and a veteran Karamu actor who has appeared in numerous plays throughout northeast Ohio, among them Othello, Death of a Salesman, and To Kill A Mockingbird.
Media Contact: Betty
Gabrielli
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