From Best of the Fest

The evening will be hosted by legendary R&B award-winning star Freda Payne and by actor-producer Kat Kramer.

The roster of performers includes:

VANESSA ADAMS-HARRIS in Rosa Parks. This excerpt gives a glimpse of the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Ms. Rosa Parks.

LIZA DEALEY-THOMASON in Supernova. A fanciful musical excerpt that explores the need to be the hero who tries to take care of everyone else and ultimately arrives at the celebration of the joy of taking care of self.
SONA LEWIS in Kathak. A dance piece rooted in Classical Indian 14th Century Kathak tradition.
CLARINDA ROSS in From My Grandmother’s Grandmother Unto Me. Take a trip through the mountains of Appalachia, stop on Fannie’s front porch and meet her children, grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren, in the tradition of mountain storytelling,
Presented by Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival, with generous support from the City of Burbank.