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NCTheatre 2022-2023 SEASON
Harmonious Remembrance
BY ELLISON BEAVER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK CRANK
Durham Colored Library Inc. celebrated the life and contributions of its founder, Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore, at the Hayti Heritage Center in
October. Soprano Shana Blake Hill-Saya, the great-great grandchild of Dr. Moore, performed in a turn-of-the-century musical salon accompanied by Duke University music instructor and pianist David Heid. Shana also read selections from the biography she authored, “Aaron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street,” and signed copies for guests. (You can get an autographed book by visiting durhamcl.org.) “It was the perfect setting to honor and tell the story of a man who helped build Black Durham,” says Genevieve Sansom Stewart. The funds raised from the event will go toward helping DCL expand its influence and resources in an effort to share more Black stories, reach more leaders and grow culturally.
DREAMGIRLS
Feb. 7-12, 2023
THE COLOR PURPLE
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1 Program attendees Meredythe Holmes, Lois Deloatch, Brenda Brodie, David Dodson, Angela Lee and Brandi Stewart Glover. 2 Jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, a new inductee of the NC Music Hall of Fame, greets the audience. 3 Durham Colored Library Board President C. Eileen Watts Welch speaks to Mike Girimont and Boydie Girimont.
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater
DISNEY AND CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S
MARY POPPINS
July 25-30, 2023
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
SUNSET BOULEVARD
Oct. 10-15, 2023
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
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