Friday, February 20, 2015
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Event Type
Performance: Theater or Dance
Contact
Theater and Dance Box Office
618-650-2774
Sponsor
Theater and Dance
Link
https://ems.siue.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=73788
In 1810, Saartjie Baartman, a member of the Khoi-San peoples of South Africa, was transported to London and Paris where she was dubbed, "The Hottentot Venus," and put on public display. Her "act" generated a thriving business. These facts provide the playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks, with the opportunity to fashion a drama that concerns itself less with history than with the quirkiness of society. The play follows Baartman's experience in Europe - from her departure from Africa to her untimely death in Paris - and finds a most unusual love story between her and her sponsor, the Baron Docteur.
TICKETS: $12 & $10
SIUE Students FREE with Valid I.D.
Box Office is located in Katherine Dunham Hall - 1st floor; Rm 1042B
Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.