CROWNS: A Gospel Musical presented by Cookeville Theatre Company

Ticket Prices:Adult - $18Senior - $15Student - $12
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Show Dates and Times:Friday, March 20th @ 7:30pmSaturday, March 21st @2:00pm and 7:30pmThursday, March 26th @ 7:30pm (Pay what you can night!)Friday, March 27th @ 7:30pmSaturday, March 28th @ 7:30pm
All performances will take place at the Wesley Foundation by TTU271 E 9th Street, Cookeville, TN
What is Crowns?
A celebratory musical play where hats inspire a journey through Black history and identity after a young woman moves to the South following her brother’s death.
Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to church-going to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. Some rap but predominantly gospel music and dance underscore and support the narratives. In the end, the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young Black Brooklynite has conflicted with that of the more traditional Southern Black women, embraces hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own identity.
Location:
Wesley Chapel Theatre
271 E 9th St
Cookeville TN