The Good Negro

Presented by Dallas Theater Center

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Description

Alabama. 1962. When an African-American woman is beaten and arrested for taking her young daughter into a whites-only restroom, a trio of burgeoning civil rights leaders decides to make a stand. But first they must convince their community that now is the time to throw off the shackles of being "good negroes" and to rise up against hate and injustice. With the Ku Klux Klan and the FBI working against them, and their own petty jealousies and questionable ethics, their progress is soon hampered. When violence erupts and lives are endangered, the leaders must face their own demons and make the decision of a lifetime — what are they personally willing to risk for a greater cause? Presented in a co-production with New York's renowned Public Theater, this provocative, suspenseful, and intensely human drama will have its world premiere in Dallas and then transfer to one of New York's most esteemed theaters. Contains adult language and mature subject matter.

World premiere. Call 214-522-8499 for tickets or purchase online.

Information from theater company's site

Some nearby drink specials on Oct. 17th

• Round Up Saloon: 3 pm - 9 pm: $1 off all bar drinks / 8 pm - 9 pm: $2 wells
• The Fish: 5 pm - 7:30 pm: $3 large hot sake, $2 drafts, $3 you call it, $4 house wine; $3 hot edamame, $3 California, Spicy Tuna and Philly Rolls, $3 Chicken Kushiyaki and $3 Beef Kushiyaki
• Uptown Pub: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off domestics, $2.50 drafts, $3 wells
• Alexandre's: 2 pm - 8pm: $2 drafts, $2.75 wells and domestics
• Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (Dallas / Oak Lawn & Lemmon): 3 pm - 6 pm: $3 Shiner, $2.50 Bud Light, $4.95 margaritas, $4.95 hurricanes / $4.95 dozen cold boiled shrimp

Some nearby restaurants

• Thai Lotus Kitchen
• Hunky's (Dallas / Cedar Springs & Throckmorton)
• Landmark
• Gui Restaurant and Bar
• Cafe Pacific

Some nearby events on Oct. 17th

• Gay-Bashing Protest, JR's Bar & Grill, 7 p.m.
• 2008 October Grand Format Manuscripts Auction #692, Heritage Auction Galleries, noon to 9 p.m.
• Look What's Happened to Pixie DeCosta, Theatre Three, 8 p.m.
• Hunter Sullivan, The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, 9 p.m.
• BLOOM, Cosmic Cafe, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Event posted Aug. 11, 2008
Last updated Oct. 15, 2008