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The Dark Kalamazoo is a solo show written and
performed by Oni Faida Lampley. This synopsis is from the press materials:
"The Dark Kalamazoo is a one-woman adventure as
Oni (raised in Oklahoma City and educated in all-white schools) eagerly
makes her first trip abroad at the age of 19 to 'The Motherland', Africa.
'When they heard a black American was coming, they expected Diana
Ross... but they got me.' What she expects, and what she actually finds,
fills her with wonder, romance, heartache, and danger, as well as new
ideas about what it means to be an SBW--a Strong Black Woman."
Lampley is probably best-known for her recent
performance in Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mount Morgan. As a
playwright, she is the author of Mixed Babies. The Dark
Kalamazoo has been performed in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.
Shown above right is Oni Faida Lampley in a scene from
The Dark Kalamazoo (photo © Joan Marcus).
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