Zora, a one-woman show on the life of Zora Neale Hurston

The Program in Africana Studies presents Zora, a one-woman show on the life of Zora Neale Hurston and performed by Kim Brockington. The performance will take place on April 25, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the Villard Room of Main Building, at Vassar College. The one hour performance will be followed by a panel discussion featuring actress Kim Brockington; Lisa Paravisini-Gebert, Vassar Professor of Hispanic Studies; Joan Anim-Addo, Visiting Professor of Africana Studies; and Yvette Louis, Visiting Instructor of English.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) is best known for her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, but also wrote other novels (including Jonah's Gourd Vine, published in 1934, and Moses, Man of the Mountain, published in 1939), numerous short stories, plays (including Mule Bone, co-authored with Langston Hughes) and anthropological works (most notably, the 1935 study of black folklore and folk practice, Mules and Men, and her study of Vodou in Haiti in the1938 work Tell My Horse).

Kim Brockington was born in Baltimore MD. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Currently, she has a recurring role on the television program Guiding Light as Dr Felicia Boudreaux. Brockington has just completed filming The School of Rock with Jack Black, directed by Rick Linklatter, and an episode of the West Wing. She has also appeared in Third Watch, Law and Order, Love Songs with Lou Gosset, and All My Children. PBS has just completed a Docudrama also titled Zora and starring Brockington, which will air in 2004. Zora has been performed by Brockington at Coconut Grove, Fla, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., and the American Place Theatre.

For additional information, call the office of the Africana Studies Program at (845) 437-7490. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Cathy Jennings, Office of Campus Activities, (845) 437-370, as far in advance as possible to request reasonable and appropriate accommodations for the event.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducation, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Friday, April 25th, 2003.