About This Show

Written by Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, The Darker Face of the Earth is a retelling of the Oedipus myth set on a plantation in pre-Civil War South Carolina. The show is an epic drama, infused with African tribal music, gospel song, and dance. Anthony J. Haney directs.

Show Details

Dates: Final Performance: October 1, 2000
Location: American Renegade Theatre, California

11136 Magnolia Blvd,

North Hollywood,

91601

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