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"Belly: An American Love Story" shares women’s experiences past, present and future. It is an intergenerational voyage of Black woman/motherhood that transpires through the mediums of word, song and dance and based on research and ethnographic interviews with Black women in Texas conducted by Dr. Haile Eshe Cole, an anthropologist and assistant professor at Central.
The play features a six-member cast and is structured as a choreopoem in three parts. It begins by looking back at the histories and context of Black women’s reproduction as experienced through the transatlantic slave trade. It continues by exploring intersecting themes such as pregnancy and birth, maternal health disparities, loss, and other facets of Black women/mother’s experiences. Finally, it focuses on ideas of liberation and justice as the characters dream radically about the future and world that they would like to see for themselves, their families, and communities.
Performances of "Belly" are scheduled for Friday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. at the Black Box Theater in James J. Maloney Hall on the Central campus.
A talkback will follow Sunday’s performance and will be facilitated by Dr. Nicole Young-Martin, Belly’s associate producer and producer and host of the award-winning podcast "Black Writers Read."
Tickets are $15 and seating is general admission. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://hailecole.com/belly-a-choreopoem/. Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.