Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School

Set in Harlem, 1930, the play brings together a rich cast of characters who reflect the conflicting currents of the time through their overlapping personalities and politics. A free-spirited Cotton Club singer has just been fired with nowhere left to go.  Angel then falls for a stranger from Alabama, their romance forces the group to make good on their ambitions, or give in to the reality of the time.

Set in Harlem, 1930, the play brings together a rich cast of characters who reflect the conflicting currents of the time through their overlapping personalities and politics. A free-spirited Cotton Club singer has just been fired with nowhere left to go.  Angel then falls for a stranger from Alabama, their romance forces the group to make good on their ambitions, or give in to the reality of the time.

Set in Harlem, 1930, the play brings together a rich cast of characters who reflect the conflicting currents of the time through their overlapping personalities and politics. A free-spirited Cotton Club singer has just been fired with nowhere left to go.  Angel then falls for a stranger from Alabama, their romance forces the group to make good on their ambitions, or give in to the reality of the time.