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3/Fifths: A provocative and radically satirical exploration of race and privilege in America

3/Fifths - Photo of "Mammy" character played by Vienna Carroll
Vienna Carroll, center, in an intentionally provocative scene. Credit: Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times

“Vienna Carroll, as the infant-swaddling, breast-exposed Mammy, turns in an exceptionally beautiful performance that’s conflicted and powerful.”
– Theatre Is Easy

 

3/Fifths
Written by James Scruggs
May 1 – 28, 2017
At 3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street (south of Rector St. & north of Edgar St.)

New York, NY 10006
Get directions
Phone: (212) 645-0374
1 to Rector St. (closest, same block); J/Z to Broad St.; 4/5 to Wall St.
http://www.3fifths.org

Staged as an immersive participatory carnival and cabaret, and sprawled across 10,000 square feet, 3/Fifths transformed 3LD Art + Technology Center into a dystopian interactive ethno-theme park known as SupremacyLand.  Mass incarceration, racist carnage, and political incorrectness have never been more entertaining!

Read reviews:
Off Off Online
Theatre Is Easy
StageBuddy
New York Times
Time Out New York

Vienna Carroll at MamapaloozaNYC!

Mamapalooza NYC
1 – 2 pm: Vienna performs with the fabulous fierce band:  Stanley Banks, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, washboard; Keith Johnston, guitar
12 noon – 5 pm: entire festival, so come early and stay late!
May 28, 2017
Riverside Park South
Pier i, 500 W 70th St. (path to pier is at Riverside and 68th Street, see map below)
New York, NY 10069
(Nearby Pier i Cafe has excellent food & drink, but no alcohol on the pier outside cafe grounds.)

Concert on the end of the 795 feet pier! Stunning river views. Fishing. Dog-friendly, family-friendly, bring chairs or a blanket to sit on, some benches.

MamapaloozaNYC 2017

Weds., March 27th at Jalopy Theater

Weds., March 27, 2019, at 9 p.m.

Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston at Roots & Ruckus
Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY
F or G trains to Carroll St. station. Get directions

Vienna Carroll

 

U.S. Colored Troops: Black Sailors and Soldiers

Dalyce Newby- Black Sailor in the Civil War
Dalyce Newby- Black Sailor in the Civil War

Sun. January 29: 1pm & 3 pm (two 30-minute shows)
Sunday Stories: A Civil War Series (Play 6 of 7)
“U.S. Colored Troops: Black Sailors and Soldiers“
Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY directions/map
Weds. hours: Noon – 5pm; 914-963-4550, hrm.org.
Adults  $6; Seniors (62+): $4; Members Free

With Storyteller and Singer Vienna Carroll 


This  presentation, told through story and song, is part of a series about “The Westchester Hills Community & The Civil War” inspired by the Red Grooms Civil War exhibit at the Hudson River Museum. Learn more about the grand history of the African American experience in the Civil War through the human story of the resilient and heroic African American community–The Hills Community–in Westchester County, NY. Perfect for all children and adults living in Westchester County and the greater New York City area.

This Sunday afternoon come explore:
· the larger-than-life, walk-through scenes created by Red Grooms;
· experience the Multimedia Play; and,
· Docent Tours of exhibit Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray 

Thank you to Dr Edythe Ann Quinn for bringing The Hills community ancestors out of the shadows through her book Freedom Journey: Black Civil War Soldiers and The Hills Community, Westchester County, New York by historian/author Dr. Edythe Ann Quinn. Read first chapter.

Download flyer of all seven shows in this series The Union & the Confederacy in Westchester: African Americans and the Civil War