If iconic author Zora Neale Hurston were around today, what might she say about her life and times?
To answer that question, playwright Gabrielle Pina uses what she did say.
By dramatizing some of Zora’s letters and combining them with original music by Dr. Ron McCurdy and historic images from the 1920s, Gabrielle has created a multimedia show, Letters From Zora, which brings the gifted artist to life as a warm, spunky and vulnerable woman, who is “the life of the party” even as she wrestles with self-doubt. After selling out all its performances at the Pasadena Playhouse last summer, Letters From Zora has returned for a limited run.
Gabrielle, who is also an award-winning author and a guest professor at Pasadena City College, talked about the process of creating Letters from Zora and what she, as a writer, has taken away from the experience.
Gabrielle Pina’s multimedia show, Letters From Zora, runs from Saturday, May 10, through Sunday, May 18th, at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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