Join Us for our next Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon: In a Purple Mood: Alice Walker

Join Us for our next Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon: In a Purple Mood: Alice Walker

In-Person and Online Sunday, September 27 at 3:00 pm (CDT)

We continue our “Essential” 13th performance season on Sunday, September 27 with a celebration of the author of The Color Purple in our Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series.

In a Purple Mood: Alice Walker will be presented both in-person on TSC’s Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage and simulcast online beginning at 3:00 pm (CDT), will be followed by a brief talkback with the actors. The Salon will run approximately 45 minutes.

Curated and directed by TSC’s Carmen-maria Mandley and featuring TSC’s core company actors, including Darius Wallace, In a Purple Mood will include Ms. Walker’s poetry (Taking the Arrow out of the Heart), material from her interviews, and excerpts read from The Color Purple.

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