THURSDAY, February 9, 2022 at 7:30 pm at Soapbox Gallery
The Judgement of Josephine Baker

Script by Renée Silverman
Music design by Eve Wolf
Directed by Donald T. Sanders

Featuring live music performances from percussionist Shiqi Zhong and pianist Albert Cano Smit
 
Come see a live reading of ERC's new work The Judgement of Josephine Baker! The famed singer and war heroine, known as “The Black Venus,” is tasked with determining the Eternal Fate of Gertrude Stein, queen of the Paris avant-garde, and her consort, Alice B. Toklas, for their association with Nazi collaborators, in a comic fantasy set to the music of Messiaen, Varèse, Honegger, Xenakis, Pierre Henry, and Guillaume de Machaut.

Live performances by pianist Albert Cano Smit and percussionist Shiqi Zhong.

Recorded music by Messiaen, Varèse, Honegger, Xenakis, Pierre Henry, and Guillaume de Machaut.

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