Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains: Essential Conversation

Saturday, Apr 10 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Virtual Event
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Saturday, Apr 10 2021 7:00 PM Saturday, Apr 10 2021 8:30 PM America/New_York Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains: Essential Conversation Everyman Theatre and Caleen Sinnette Jennings '72 will be hosted by Bennington Drama with support from the President's Working Group in an Essential Conversation about Caleen's play "Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains" featuring a panel discussion with faculty members Delia Saenz, Maya Cantu, and Michael Wimberly, and students Imara Glymph '23 and Florence Gill '22. Virtual Event Bennington College

In this Everyman Essential Conversation, Bennington faculty, students, and playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings '72 will explore the various elements of her play and production Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains, which was recently screened by the Bennington College Community.

Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains is a play by Caleen Sinnette Jennings '72. As the Vietnam War rages and the Kent State killings ignite college campuses across the country, Jackie arrives in Vermont to begin college. Caught between wildly divergent sets of friends — wealthy “WASPS,” militant Black activists, and passionate theatre people—Jackie is forced to confront the space between white and Black culture to find her place in the world.

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