Two black-and-white portraits of women are featured in the foreground against a dark background containing play credits and a script of the U.S. Constitution.

Soul Siren Playhouse

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Soul Siren Playhouse&nbsp;invites members of the Divine Nine to a special community performance of &quot;The Niceties.&quot; &nbsp;Represent Black Excellence with St. Louis&#39;s newest Black Theater and join us for this fierce, hilarious, and unapologetic two-woman play.&nbsp; An exhilarating intellectual thriller set at a prestigious Northeastern university, &quot;The Niceties&quot; centers on a ferocious sparring of wits between Zoe, a college student, and Janine, her tenured history professor. At the center of their debate is Zoe&rsquo;s thesis: that a successful American Revolution would not have been possible withoutslavery in America. What begins as an academic disagreement over American history quickly explodes into questions of race, privilege, evidence, institutional power, and who ultimately has rights to the American story. Winner of the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award for Best New Play following its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company, &quot;The Niceties&quot;&nbsp;was called by Peter Marks of The Washington Post &ldquo;one of the best plays I&#39;ve seen about who gets to tell the story of America, and how.&rdquo; Starring Raevyn Ferguson as Zoe Jodi Stockton as Janine Directed by Cameron JamarrProduction Managed by Brad RolenScenic and Lighting Design by Patrick Huber&nbsp; Friday, October 16 7:00pm at The Grandel Theater 3610 Grandel Square St. Louis MO, 63013

Soul Siren Playhouse invites members of the Divine Nine to a special community performance of "The Niceties."  Represent Black Excellence with St. Louis's newest Black Theater and join us for this fierce, hilarious, and unapologetic two-woman play.  An exhilarating intellectual thriller set at a prestigious Northeastern university, "The Niceties" centers on a ferocious sparring of wits between Zoe, a college student, and Janine, her tenured history professor. At the center of their debate is Zoe’s thesis: that a successful American Revolution would not have been possible withoutslavery in America. What begins as an academic disagreement over American history quickly explodes into questions of race, privilege, evidence, institutional power, and who ultimately has rights to the American story. Winner of the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award for Best New Play following its world premiere at Huntington Theatre Company, "The Niceties" was called by Peter Marks of The Washington Post “one of the best plays I've seen about who gets to tell the story of America, and how.” Starring Raevyn Ferguson as Zoe Jodi Stockton as Janine Directed by Cameron JamarrProduction Managed by Brad RolenScenic and Lighting Design by Patrick Huber  Friday, October 16 7:00pm at The Grandel Theater 3610 Grandel Square St. Louis MO, 63013

Soul Siren Playhouse

"The Niceties" - D9 Night

3610 Grandel Square St. Louis MO

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$20