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Vivian's Music, 1969

November 15-December 02 2018
Good Works Productions
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Run Time
1 Hour, 25 Minutes
Intermission
No
Theater
C

Show Info

By Monica Bauer
Directed by Glory Kadigan
With Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King


Inspired by real events, in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14-year-old black girl, Vivian, was shot by a white cop, igniting one of the worst race riots in American history. No one knew anything about her: just her name, her age, and how she died. 

This fantasia for two actors gives Vivian a life, a family, a love of music, and a reason to live; the jazz legend who's back in the neighborhood might be her real father. Can they find each other before the city explodes?

Russell Jordan
Russell Jordan
Kailah S. King
Kailah S. King
Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
photo by Al Foote III
Kailah S. King and Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Kailah S. King and Russell Jordan in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
photo by Al Foote III
Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Russell Jordan and Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
photo by Al Foote III
Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
Kailah S. King in VIVIAN'S MUSIC, 1969
photo by Al Foote III
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Producing Company

Good Works Productions

Good Works Productions produces socially conscious theater that provides opportunities for women and artists of color to entertain and inspire audiences.

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Reviews

“Well worth your attention”
“[The directing is] exemplary”
“Both Vivian and Luigi cast a spell” - Lighting and Sound America

“Delicately expressive”
“The center of Vivian’s Music, 1969 quivers with well-earned and devastatingly all-too-familiar heartbreak.”  - Theatre is Easy

“Superbly written… paints a vivid picture that is absolutely enthralling” - BroadwayWorld

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