Keep Your Heart Open: A Performed Staged Reading of a Musical Memoir
by Marcia Gomes
Venue: A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060
July 27, 2024, 7PM & July 28, 2024, 3PM with talk back after performances
$10-$20 suggested donation
Keep Your Heart Open: An Urgent, Healing Family Conversation
Four generations of Black single mothers in one family join forces to free the youngest generation of children from a cycle of intergenerational trauma and pain. Through compelling storytelling, moving original songs, and dance, the path to healing becomes more clear, and the wisdom of the ancestors guides the way to joy. Featuring music and story by Marcia Gomes, composer, singer, actor, playwright and performances by:
Angélica Canlas Castro, singer, actor
Michelle Dowd, singer, actor
Evelyn Harris, singer, actor
Olivia Ilano Davis, choreographer
Hala Lord, singer, actor
Angie Shyr, pianist
For tickets: click here (limited seating)
Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. (A.P.E.) is an artist-led, artist-centered 501(c)3 non-profit organization supporting contemporary artists working in all disciplines by stewarding the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work. A.P.E is dedicated to fostering relationships, encounters, and exchanges that nourish the capacity for imagination. http://www.apearts.org; 413.586.5553
This event is made possible in part through support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.