Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Judyie Al-Bilali.
Dramaturgy by Megan Lewis and Adewunmi Oke.
UMass Amherst, Spring 2013.
Dramaturgy by Megan Lewis and Adewunmi Oke.
UMass Amherst, Spring 2013.
Parks’ re-visioning of Baartman’s saga remains painfully relevant in terms of the international marketing, misrepresentation and abuse of the Black female body. Ironically, Parks describes the play as a love story and it is our work as a company to illuminate that tale in all its insight, pain, humor and pathos. As we worked on the script, a fundamental question arose: is the play about the horrors of colonialism, sexual exploitation, patriarchy and white world supremacy or is it about the legacy of one woman and how she survived what for us is unthinkable? The play’s brilliance is that it is about it all. "
--Judyie Al-Bilali, Director
Dramaturgical Materials & Website
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