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‘Black Nativity: A Christmas Gift’

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PITT’S SHONA SHARIF AFRICAN DANCE AND DRUM ENSEMBLE

“Black Nativity: A Christmas Gift” was performed on two weekends, Dec. 12-14 and 19-21, at Pitt’s Alumni Hall in Oakland.
This theater production featured an all African-American cast and was based on Langston Hughes’ musical dramatization of the “Christmas Story.”
The production was sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Africana Studies and featured Pitt’s Shona Sharif African Dance and Drum Ensemble.
CURTAIN CALL— Kids from the Hill Dance Academy Theatre stand with the cast and drummers from the play during the curtain call. (Photos by J.L. Martello)

KELLEY BRUCE SINGING A SOLO

CHUCK TIMBERS playing the pastor’s husband.

KARLA PAYNE in character as the church’s pastor.

AFRICAN DANCE—A dancer from the Hill Dance Academy Theatre doing a solo dance.

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