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A virtual fellows forum with AriDy Nox: writer, librettist, playwright, and Jacinth Greywoode: writer, composer, and musical director from August 25, 2022.

About the Presentation

A musical within a folktale within a ritual, Black Girl in Paris is all about Sally Hemings, a fourteen-year-old enslaved black woman from Virginia who, by a twist of fate, suddenly finds herself in Paris, France. With the French Revolution fast approaching and her slave master looming in the background, Sally must figure out just how much she is willing to give up for a chance at freedom. Luckily she is not alone: An ensemble of Ancestors surround her, acting as both community members and advisors, applauding and chiding her in equal measure. Full of defiant joy, this show explores one of the most pressing questions of our age: What does it truly mean to be free? 

Nox and Greywoode’s fellows forum will be honing in on the relationship between our fictional portrayals of James Hemings and Sally Hemings and the different ways they are grappling with the idea of home and freedom during their Parisian adventures.