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Viva La Literature
Mon., 7/2/12
Viva La Literature
The Callie Crossley Show
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Fri., 6/29/12
Let's Do the Time Warp (Never) Again!
Fri., 6/29/12
Let's Do the Time Warp (Never) Again!
The Callie Crossley Show
Garen Daly joins us.
Fri., 6/29/12
Week in Review
Fri., 6/29/12
Week in Review
The Callie Crossley Show
Peter Kadzis, Gintautas Dumcius and Sue O'Connell join us.
Thurs., 6/28/12
The Gavel Comes Down on Government
Thurs., 6/28/12
The Gavel Comes Down on Government
The Callie Crossley Show
Arnie Arnesen, Robert Whitcomb and Brian Rosman join us..
Wed., 6/27/12
60 Feet Underground
Wed., 6/27/12
60 Feet Underground
The Callie Crossley Show
Leon Neyfakh joins us.
Wed., 6/27/12
The Pru: A Love/Hate Story
Wed., 6/27/12
The Pru: A Love/Hate Story
The Callie Crossley Show
Elihu Rubin joins us.
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The Luck of the Irish
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge's latest play, "The Luck of the Irish", is about an upwardly mobile African American family in the 1950s that moves from inner-city Boston to a white part of town. Their dream is the American dream: to own a home. Segregation forces them to find a ghost buyer. They pay a down-on-their-luck Irish family to act as their front. Fifty years later the Irish family—bitter and strapped for cash--wants the house back. Though the play is not quite autobiographical, Greenidge writes what she knows. Her grandparents moved from Boston to Arlington in the '60s. It’s an era that Greenidge captures in her play. In toggling between 1950s and the 21st century, "The Luck of the Irish" explores the timeless themes of race, class, and intergenerational conflict.
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Kirsten Greenidge, playwright
Melia Bensussen, director
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