ANSWERING THE CALL OF MY PEOPLE: Captured Fractured Buried Excavated Reassembled Set Free
Perils of a Southern Black Woman:
stories, tales, and nightmares told in the light
dedicated to my mother Mary Virginia Corbett, in loving memory of my maternal grandmother Neva Harris Royster
and inspired by the voice and activism of my father, the Rev. Dr. Linwood Corbett Sr.
Neva Harris Royster
Maternal Grandmother
Mary Virginia Corbett
Educator & Artist
Patricia R. Corbett
Educator & Storyteller
There is danger in forgetfulness. To forget is to disconnect.
I call on my familial ancestors, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and all the women who held the light for those of us who follow.
I WILL RE-MEMBER YOU
Virginia Christian
Anna Julia Cooper
Gladys Bentley
Beah Richards
Nina Simone
Toni Morrison
PERILS PERFORMANCE
Perils of a Southern Black Woman: stories, tales, and nightmares told in the light is a one woman show that weaves through the complex issues of race, education, religion, and gender. The play is a manifestation of the playwright's graduate thesis, Answering the Call of My People: Captured, Fractured, Buried, Excavated, Re-Assembled, Set Free. Perils of a Southern Black Woman brings to life a collection of stories, photos, audio, and videos that examines the ‘becoming’ of a woman, artist, poet, advocate, and educator. Through a “sermonesque” performance that implores storytelling, poetry, history, commentary, and extemporaneous discourse, Perils honors black women and celebrates strength, resilience and the contradictory existence of being Black American and Woman. Perils of a Southern Black Woman: stories, tales, and nightmares told in the light is a hallelujah church shout out to the ancestors and a reminder to today's generations and future generations to always re-member.
MY PARENTS
The late Rev. Dr. Linwood Corbett Mary V. Corbett
sons Tyrone Corbett and Linwood Corbett