Wine in the Wilderness: Written by Alice Childress

Alice Childress’
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
Directed by Lou Bellamy

From acclaimed writer Alice Childress comes a frank portrait of Black women’s identity, seen from outside and inside. As an uprising rocks his Harlem neighborhood, artist Bill Jameson is focused on finishing his latest work: paintings representing three types of Black womanhood. But the arrival of an unexpected muse challenges his artistic vision and reveals his shallow assumptions. With humor and heart, Childress takes on class, patriarchy, and the artist’s role within the community. This is the playwright at her most revolutionary and essential.

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