Hoodoo Love
June 7 – July 1, 2012
By Katori Hall
Directed by Nataki Garrett
An achingly human folktale in the tradition of Zora Neale Hurston.
Written by the first Black American woman to win the Olivier Award for Best New Play, Hoodoo Love is set during the Great Depression and tells the story of a young woman who has escaped the Delta cotton fields to pursue her dream of becoming a Blues singer in Memphis. She falls for a rambling Blues man and whips up a potion of hoodoo magic to win his love. But when her past catches up with her, not even the magic can protect her. A play with blues music about a woman learning to rely on herself.
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Box Office
Performances from June 7 – July 1, 2012
Preview Performances
$15 – $20
June 7, 8, 9, 14 at 8:00 PM
June 10 at 2:00 PM
June 13 at 7:00 PM
Press Opening Night Performance and Post-Show Party
$30 – $40
June 15 at 8:00 PM
Regular Performances
$22 – $30
June 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 at 8:00 PM
June 17, 24, July 1 at 2:00 PM
Lower ticket rate is for seniors, students, and members of AEA, AFTRA, SAG, or TCG with a valid ID.
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Special discounts for groups of 10 or more and nonprofit organizations: Please call 619-342-7395 for details.
Surrounding Programming
Art Gallery
In concert with Hoodoo Love, KIN Agency for the Arts will curate an art show titled FOREVER JAZZ in the third floor galleries of The 10th Avenue Theatre. FOREVER JAZZ, produced by Samir Chala, will feature a retrospective exhibit highlighting the history of Jazz, coupled with contemporary art by Minnie Valero, Jerrell Conner, Mark Jesinoski and Anthony Santos. The gallery will be open one hour prior to each performance of HOODOO LOVE and during intermission. We invite you to arrive early to the theater to allow enough time to enjoy this free exhibit.
Free Pre- and Post-Show Talks (subject to change, please check back for most current schedule):
Sat, June 9 – Post-Show Talk with the Director and Cast following the 8 PM show
Sun, June 10 – Post-Show Talk with Sherehe Hollins & Starla Lewis following the 2 PM show, “Hoodoo Love & The Reason Why: The Dynamics Between Love, Family, Black Men and Black Women, and the Impact That Impoverishment has on People’s Ability to Love”
Sun, June 17 – Post-Show Talk with the Cast following the 2 PM show
Wed, June 27, 7:15 PM- Pre-Show Talk in the gallery with Professor T. Ford “Zora Neale Hurston – The Collector of Folktales”
Thurs, June 28, 7:15 PM – Pre-Show Talk in the gallery with Professor T. Ford “Women and the Blues (1930s, 1940s)”
Sat, June 30 – Post-Show Talk with the Cast following the 8 PM show
Sponsors & Partners
Individual Sponsors
Patrons: Susan Baer, Ph.D. and Bruce Thornburg
Partner Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) San Diego Branch
The Chocolate Voice
Sponsors
Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust
The Arthur and Jeanette Pratt Memorial Fund
The Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc.
Hoodoo Love Artistic Team
Playwright: Katori Hall
Director: Nataki Garrett
Cast: (in alphabetical order) Monique Gaffney* (THE CANDYLADY), Jasmine Hughes* (TOULOU), Stu James* (ACE OF SPADES), Kirkaldy Myers (JIB)
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Stephens*
Music Director: Travis Stephen Gooden
Scenic Designer: David F. Weiner
Lighting Designer: Stephen Terry
Costume Designer: Jeannie Galioto
Sound Designer: E.M. Gimenez
Dialect Coach: Dwight Bacquie
Vocal Coach: Eric Overstreet
Guitar Instructor: Adrian Lahaie
Harmonica Instructor: Zachary Cole, Lloyd C. Weir
Production Manager: JR Bruce
Props Designer: Will Widick
Assistant Stage Manager: Caitlin Sussman
Graphic Design: Sarah Loffler sarahloffler.com
Casting: Jami Rudofsky
Producer & Executive Artistic Director: Seema Sueko*
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
