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GEMS Theatre Productions presents Shirley Chisholm’s “Unbossed and Unbowed” on April 29th
…Guyanese-American actress, Ingrid Griffith, of ‘Demerara Gold’ fame to perform
Kaieteur News – Ingrid Griffiths Solo Show is largely the unheard story of Shirley St. Hill Chisholm, a Brooklyn-born politician of immigrant parents (father is Guyanese from Linden and mother is Barbadian), who in the 20th century was the first African-American woman to win a seat in the U.S. Congress and run for the Presidency of the United States.
Guyanese-American actress, Ingrid Griffith
The story journeys back to 10-year old Shirley returning to the U.S. after being separated from her parents during The Great Depression years. We see how the years living with her grandmother in Barbados manifested and reinforced Shirley’s Caribbean heritage in her bearing, speech pattern and expectations of herself.
Ingrid Griffith is an actor, writer and solo show artist. She wrote Unbossed and Unbowed and plays Shirley and the other characters in her world. Ingrid feels that the solo show genre is empowering and important for her as a performer. It allows her to write stories without having to worry about how big the cast is or that she’d need to have a huge budget and elaborate sets in order for the show to be successful. The solo show genre is also empowering for audiences to see, how, with some ingenuity, they too don’t have to limit themselves.
Ingrid is excited to be sharing what Shirley Chisholm accomplished over 50 years ago and how her contributions have been an inspiration for the many women of colour who, since 2018, have been the largest number to hold seats in the U.S. Congress – Kamala Harris becoming Vice President of the United States of America in 2021 and most recently, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s promotion to the Supreme Court.
Guyanese theatre supporters, appreciative of serious drama will have a treat on April 29th at this GEMS Theatre Productions presentation of Ingrid Griffith’s highly acclaimed performance in ‘UNBOSSED & UNBOWED’, at the Theatre Guild from 18:30hours (6.30p.m). Patrons would be treated to this rare opportunity of high calibre theatre for 80 minutes (no intermission) followed by a short Q&A session with the actress.
Tickets are $3,000 and available from the Pegasus Hotel front desk and Survival supermarket (Sheriff Street). For enquiries and group bookings contact 624-8694 (Whatsapp).
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