Spelman College Theatre Collection

Presented as part of the 2025–2026 season, Black Joy as Resistance, the production runs October 23 – 26, 2025, in the Baldwin Burroughs Theatre, housed in the Latanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson Performing Arts Center, Rockefeller Arts Building. Evening performances will be held October 23 – 25 at 7 p.m., with a matinee on October 26, at 2 p.m.

Set in Harlem during the Great Depression, Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky follows a tight-knit circle of friends who have built their own chosen family within a shared apartment building. Angel, a recently unemployed blues singer, and Guy, a costume designer chasing his dream of making it to Paris, live across from Delia, a dedicated social worker, and Sam, a compassionate doctor. When Leland, a newcomer from the South, enters their world and becomes enamored with Angel, their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. As Angel faces a difficult choice between security and ambition, her decision sets off a chain of events that forever changes the course of their relationships and dreams.
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