Jan. 26 - 29 & Feb. 1 - 5: "Blues for an Alabama Sky"

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Immediate: December 23, 2011 Media Contact:  Alicia Steger 516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

Nassau Community College Presents:  "Blues for an Alabama Sky" January 26 – 29 & February 1 – 5

Garden City, NY – The Nassau Community College Africana Studies and Theatre and Dance Departments are proud to present "Blues for an Alabama Sky," which will be performed at the Little Theatre January 26 through 29 and February 1 through February 5, 2012.

In "Blues for an Alabama Sky," written by Pearl Cleage, it's the summer of 1930 and the creative euphoria of the Harlem Renaissance has given way to the harsher realities of the Great Depression. "Nobody's working and nobody's got prospects," declares Angel, a jazz singer recently fired from the Cotton Club. Not so, says Guy, a gay designer who looks after Angel and is armed with a portfolio of flamboyant sketches for Josephine Baker, star of the Folies Bergeres. A Harlem Hospital doctor, a social worker and a recent transplant from Alabama are also caught up in the conflicting currents and politics of the time. Cleage's characters struggle to look beyond 125th Street for the fulfillment of their dreams.Performances of "Blues for an Alabama Sky" are at 8:00 p.m., except for Sundays, when they are at 3:00 p.m. Tickets, which cost $9.00 per person, are $7.00 for seniors age 55 and over. Tickets sold at the door for that day's performance are free for college students who have a current valid ID. These tickets are available beginning one hour before curtain.  For more information about the play or to order tickets, call the Theatre Box Office at 516.572.7676 Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

About Nassau Community CollegeNassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 24,000 full- and part-time students and almost 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.

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