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Gee’s Bend

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Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre at Noyes Cultural Arts Center

Gee’s Bend

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GEE’S BEND is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice, her daughters Nella and Sadie, who is inspired by the real-life Gee’s Bend descendant Mary Lee Bendolph, and Sadie’s husband, Macon, through segregation, family strife, and the Civil Rights movement. Throughout their lives, the women’s extraordinary quilts provide a respite from the turmoil around them. In the finale, Part III of the play, it is the year 2002; the quilts have been discovered as highly praised and sought-after folk art. Sadie, now 78 years old, is delighted with the recognition, and despite the lure of celebrity and the big city, she returns home to Gee’s Bend and continues her lifelong passion for quilting. Wilder’s play explores the resilience of the human spirit, especially as it is expressed in art, language, and gospel music.

Estimated Runtime: 1 hour and 30-minutes with no intermission

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Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre at Noyes Cultural Arts Center - 927 Noyes St., Evanston, IL 60201

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Saturday, May 30
  1. 7:00pm
    $16.50
Sunday, May 31
  1. 3:00pm
    $16.50
Saturday, Jun 6
  1. 7:00pm
    $16.50
Sunday, Jun 7
  1. 3:00pm
    $16.50