Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center, in association with the African Grove Institute for the Arts and UCLA’s Beloved Community Initiative, will present Hattie Winston and Emily Yancy in a one-time-only dramatic play reading of Emily Mann’s “Having Our Say” under the direction of Fay Hauser-Price on Saturday, April 13, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Boulevard in Culver City. Curtain time is 3:30 p.m.
“Having Our Say” is writer / director Emily Mann’s stage adaptation of the book “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years,” written in 1993 by Sadie and Bessie Delany at the ages of 103 and 101, respectively in collaboration with Amy Hill Hearth.
The play was premiered at the McCarter Theatre Center at Princeton University where Mann was artistic director and ran on Broadway for nine months in 1995 with Gloria Foster and Mary Alice in the starring roles. The Los Angeles premiere of “Having Our Say” was staged at the Mark Taper Forum in 1997.
A 1999 CBS telefilm of the play, also written by Mann and directed by Lynne Littman with Ruby Dee and Diahann Carroll as the Delany Sisters, won Peabody and Christopher Awards.
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“Having Our Say” is a guest production of the Kirk Douglas Theatre, which is hosting a Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center presentation for the first time. Admission is $25 and seating is limited. Tickets are on sale in advance through EventBrite and at the door depending on availability. Parking is free with validation.
Hattie Winston is an actor, singer, Broadway and television veteran — was a founding actor of the Negro Ensemble Company. Her Broadway credits include “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “The Tap Dance Kid” and “The Me Nobody Knows.” Off-Broadway she has earned Obie, Audelco and Dramalogue Awards for shows such as Ntosake Shange’s “A Photograph: Lovers in Motion” and Kevin Arkadie’s “Up the Mountain.”
Emily Yancy is a veteran performer of stage, screen and television, starring in Broadway productions such as “Hello Dolly,” “Man of La Mancha” and Leonard Bernstein’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” She recently completed playing the mother of journalist Isabel Wilkerson in the highly acclaimed film, “Origin,” which was written and directed by Ava Duvernay.
Fay Hauser-Price has written and directed several productions for The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF), directed its 30th anniversary Gala, and was a host for its 2024 Festival. She wrote and produced the short films “Where There’s Smoke…” and “5150,” and won two Telly Awards as director of the documentary “Turning Barton Elementary.”