Google+ CEC Twitter Facebook YouTube HOME SEASON INSIDE THE BLACK  BOX UPCOMING EVENTS LOCATION
   Calendar   |   Subscriptions | Patrons & Business  |   Merchandise  |   Donations  |   My Account  |   Shopping Cart
Cannot access this performance because it occurred in the past: 5/17/15, 2:00 PM.
The selected performance is NOT available for sale.
Please Select Tickets
You have selected:
"I Am The River Niger, Hear My Waters..."
The River Niger
written by Joseph A. Walker; directed by Deb Braak
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 2:00PM

CEC-The Meeting House Theater
3500 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
35th Street on Lancaster Avenue
Septa #10 Trolley: get off at 35th & Lancaster or take EL train get off 34th Street, walk north to Lancaster and West to 35th Street


A son's homecoming has him making the difficult transition into adulthood in which he must confront his father who is experiencing his own crisis and transition as he tries to make a success of his own failures and accept of his wife's transition and son's independence. Can the love of a family overcome a lifetime of pain?

Become immersed in this journey of affirmation as intimate internal struggles paralleled by social struggles emotionally engage you in this award winning drama unveiled through some of Philadelphia's best talent. “...naively 'romantic,' emotionally stirring… Through its rough naturalism there runs a vein of authentic poetry…”

The River Niger is a three-act play that was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1972 by the Negro Ensemble Company before being transferred to Broadway in 1973 and then adapted into a 1976 film of the same name starring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson.


TALK BACK SUNDAY - There will be a talk back immediately following the performance.