Put a Little Drama in your Life
Published in Pasadena Magazine January 1999 Late 1800s. Down on the cotton plantation. After Miss Leah’s first son was sold into slavery, her next five were claimed by illness and she soon buried their father beside them. Then she just started walking West. “If I had wings,” she said, “I’d a set out flyin’ west.” Pearl Cleage’s Read More →
Published in KPBS On Air Magazine January 1999 Sledgehammer is undergoing a sex change. Thirteen years ago, the Bad Boys of San Diego theater set out to bludgeon prevailing artistic sensibilities. (“We Sledgehammer theater,” they insisted). In three dozen provocative productions, they pushed beyond the edge of the envelope -- and sometimes the tolerance of the audience. Read More →