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As of December 27, 2021, Jefferson Parish requires that "face masks or face coverings shall be worn…upon entering and while present in common areas of Jefferson Parish government buildings,” which includes the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, the Westwego Performing Arts Center, and the Westwego Cultural Center. Therefore, masks will be required at all events while this order is in effect.
February 4 - 13, 2022
Fri + Sat @ 7:30 pm
Sun @ 2:00 pm
Jefferson Performing Arts Center (JPAC)
6400 Airline Drive | Metairie
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A play inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen
Written by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
Tommye Myrick, Director
Donald Jones Jr., Choreographer
Dionna Malone, Stage Manager
Nailah Dabon, Asst. Stage Manager
Eric Porter, Scenic Designer
Marcus Roberts, Video Designer / Sound Designer
Camille Griffin, Lighting Designer
Reagan Lincoln, Costume Designer
This 2009 play tells the stories of four of the approximately 1,000 black airmen trained in Tuskegee, Alabama, to serve in World War II as part of the 332nd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces. Set primarily in the summer of 1943, the show depicts the training of the men before they go to combat and uses their experiences as a reference point for other African American trials and triumphs. Marching drills and other military ceremonies, documentary imagery, and tap-dancing fill the play with perpetual motion.
Fly was commissioned in 2005 by the Lincoln Center Institute, the educational arm of Lincoln Center, where Ricardo Khan was an artist-in-residence. This is the show's New Orleans Premiere.
Tommye Myrick, DirectorTommye Myrick is a producer and director who has spent decades telling the stories of African American women and the disenfranchised through the arts. She attended Xavier University in New Orleans where she joined the famed Free Southern Theatre. After graduation, Ms. Myrick attended the University of Michigan, where she obtained her master’s degree and immediately began working on her PH. D. She later moved to New York City and began studying with renowned theater director, producer and lifelong friend and mentor, Gene Frankel. It was there that she made her stage and directorial debut. In 1992 Ms. Myrick founded Voices in the Dark Repertory Theatre Company in New Orleans. The company began with 13 female members, and grew to a membership that included men and women; thereafter, inclusion for all became its sole artistic purpose. Voices in the Dark has presented over 60 productions, receiving numerous awards and recognition.
