March 3, 2021
Opposing Ophelia, by Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Yvette, a former model and student at the Ophelia Devore School of Modeling & Charm, is confronted with new ideas about beauty, blackness and womanhood, when her daughter, Nina, joins the National Black Feminist Organization in 1973.
PLACE & TIME
New York, New York - 1952/1973
CAST
MISS DEVORE – TIFFANY YVONNE COX
YVETTE ROGERS – ABIE IRABOR
NINA ROGERS – MARTASIA JONES
ALBERT ROGERS – CAJARDO LINDSEY
Directed by Celeste M. Cooper
Sound Design by Willow James