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Purlie

Playhouse on the Square

May 2-June 1, 2008

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Creator Ossie Davis claims the goal of Purlie is "intended to point a mocking finger at racial segregation and laugh it out of existence." This celebratory musical tells of the preacher Purlie Victorious Johnson, who has returned to the Southland to trick a local plantation owner into giving him the land he needs to build his church. Rousing, exuberant, and sassy tunes help speak to a desire to better oneself and surmount the obstacles presented by society that is intense, immediate, and contemporary. Filled with amazing songs, joyous laughter, and self-discovery.
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  Dates:
  May 2-June 1, 2008
  
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  Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm
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  Playhouse on the Square
  
  51 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104
  
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