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Going Back to Where I've Never Been

By Martin Brady

Published on August 21, 2008 at 3:41am

The Griot Theatre Ensemble debuts at the Shades of Black Theatre Festival with this one-woman show starring actress, director (The Desire) and MTSU theater professor Jacqueline Springfield, whose 60-minute performance recounts the experience of her first-time journey to Ghana, West Africa. Delivering her narrative in a very deliberate present tense, Springfield brings her audience along on the sojourn, as her preconceived notions meet stark reality and she endures the full force of culture shock.
Fri., Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 24, 4 p.m., 2008


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