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Driving while Black

Susan Kander & Roberta Gumbel

October 11 & 12, 2024

@ 7:00pm


Old City Performing Arts Center
111 State Street
Knoxville, TN 37902


 

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This new one-act opera explores issues of racial injustice, juxtaposing the story of an African American parent (as her son reaches driving age) with contemporary news bulletins highlighting the dangerous world beyond a parent’s control.

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Allison Sanders

Soprano

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Susan Kander

Composer

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Cremaine Booker

Cellist, music director

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Roberta Gumbel

Librettist

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David Verin

Percussion

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Ivan Griffin

Stage Director

This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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