Suzan-Lori Parks is celebrating First Freedom Day, the day after Juneteenth, with a performance alongside her 8-piece band, Sula & The Joyful Noise, at the Francis Kite Club.
On Thursday, June 20th, Sula & The Joyful Noise will perform a neo-soul evening of booty-shaking, statement-making, and mind-melting music. Parks will be re-tooling old songs and trying out new ones as she puts together a brand new theatre show.
The performance will take place at 7pm and is for ages 21+.
The Francis Kite Club is located at 40 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY 10009.
Suzan-Lori Parks is a multi-award-winning American playwright and the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog (2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play). Her original songs for Plays for the Plague Year which was performed at Joe’s Pub received a 2023 Drama Desk Award for Best Music in a Play. Parks recently received the 2024 Off Broadway Alliance Legend of Off-Broadway Award for her extraordinary contributions over many years.
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