The Bluest Eye
The Ensemble Theatre
Houston, Texas
“Poignant and always razor-sharp, the play is dream-like in its use of flashbacks, flash forwards, and small vignettes of life in Christian, white Lorain, Ohio, during the waning days of the Depression.”
—D.L. Groover, Houston Press
From the Novel by Toni Morrison
Adapted by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Eileen J. Morris
Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl in 1941 Lorain, Ohio, wants nothing more than to be loved and prays for Shirley Temple’s blue eyes. Enthralling, gorgeously written, and incredibly heartrending, this stunning adaptation of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s debut novel centers on three young Black girls as they strive to make sense of abuse and hate.
Friday, July 31, 2:00pm
Friday, July 31, 8:00pm
Saturday, August 1, 2:00pm
Saturday, August 1, 8:00pm
Agnes de Mille Theatre, University of North Carolina School of the Arts