The New Haven Pride Center, Black Lives Matter NewHaven and Kamora's Cultural Corner are excited to present:

An Online Theatre Experience
Daisies on Harlem's Doorstep
by Sharece M. Sellem

Set in spring 1929, Connecticut native and playwright Sharece M. Sellem's Daisies on Harlem's Doorstep conjures a scene a season before the stock market crashed and the Great Depression paralyzed the world. The streets are filled with glittering lights when young Daisy arrives from Atlanta in search of her sister. During her time in Harlem, she meets a number of strong Black women including the deaf and mute alchemist Jilly (Jeanika Browne-Springer) and Can (Versatile Poetiq), each with their own lessons for Daisy.

There are 9 "performances" you can "attend" :
Thurs April 2, 2020 at 7:00p and 10:00p
Friday, April 3, 2020 at 7:00p and 10:00p
Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 2:00p, 7:00p and 10:00p
Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 2:00p and 7:00p

At the time of your chosen showing click here: https://youtu.be/kQRMgYU1Wt8 

Read the review by Lucy Gellman: https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/new-haven-daisies-pop-up-in-norwich

This program has been made possible by a special partnership with playwright Sharece M. Sellem.

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MORE ABOUT DAISIES ON HARLEM'S DOORSTEP

 

April 30, 2019 Press Release for the winning script of The 2019 Dr. Gaffney Playwriting Competition:

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Daisies On Harlem’s Doorstep

Sharece M. Sellem   

 

Spring of 1929 in Harlem, a season before the stock market crashed and the Great Depression paralyzed the world.  Still, the streets are filled with glittering lights and for an innocent Daisy, who only wants to find her sister while four urgent women show her how to grow in concrete.

 

The play is for 6 actors

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Playwright's Bio:

A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Sharece resides in New Haven.  She was trained by American Intercontinental University’s Media Production Program, Headlong Performance Institute of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and Yale’s Practical Approach to Directing Summer Program. 

 

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 Dr. Floyd Gaffney Playwriting Competition on the African American Experience.

This competition is open to full time undergraduate students in the United States.

 

The Gaffney Prize, now in its thirteenth year, awards $1000 to the winning author along with travel and lodging to participate in the play’s staged reading Saturday morning, May 11th  as part of the Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego.  Jurors for this year’s award are MFA playwrights Vivian Barnes, Dave Harris and Ava Geyer.  The Theatre & Dance Department wishes to thank the work of the jurors, the Dean of Arts and Humanities, and also the Gaffney family for lending Dr. Floyd Gaffney’s name to this national event - recognizing Dr. Gaffney’s achievement in African American theatre.

 

http://theatre.ucsd.edu/

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