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The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years

Name: The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years
Start: 2025-05-25T00:00:00
Location: Guthrie Theater

Guthrie Theater

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Grande dames Grace Dunbar and Catherine Green prepare for the Nacirema Society’s 1964 centennial cotillion — the event of the season in Montgomery, Alabama. The elegant African American debutantes include Grace’s granddaughter Gracie, escorted by Catherine’s grandson Bobby, and the two grandmothers hope the young couple will soon be engaged. But Gracie and Bobby have other ideas. As the young ladies prepare for their debuts, a blackmail scheme br...

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Valerie Curtis-Newton

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Guthrie Theater

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2 dates (19 Apr - 25 May)

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