Presented by The Essential Theatre
Show Dates
Friday July 5 7:30pm (preview)
Saturday July 6 7:30pm
Sunday July 7 2pm
Sunday July 7 6pm
Saturday July 13 2pm
Saturday July 13 7:30pm
Sunday July 14 2pm
Sunday July 14 6pm
Saturday July 20 2pm
Saturday July 20 7:30pm
Sunday July 21st 2pm
Sunday July 21st 6pm
Saturday July 27 2pm
Saturday July 27 7:30pm
Sunday July 28 2pm
Sunday July 28 6pm
Vivian’s Music 1969 is about a bubbly 14-year-old bundle of energy named Vivian, the mysterious jazz
legend Luigi Wells, and the racial tensions of a segregated American city in 1969 that all combine in this fantasia on race, music, and family.
During a peaceful protest in 1969, Vivian Strong was shot in the back of the head by James Loder, a white cop, inciting one of the worse race riots the United States had ever seen.
“While the story of the riots is a matter of history, this fantasia for two actors, written by Monica Bauer, gives Vivian a life, a family, a love of music, and a reason to live.” Beth Young, East End Beacon