On stage: 'Belly: An American Love Story'

August 1, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Black Box Theater

"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.

Performances 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, visit https://hailecole.com/belly-a-choreopoem/. Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.