Since its 1992 premiere, playwright-actor Charlayne Woodard’s autobiographical one-woman show Pretty Fire has typically starred one performer in all 20 roles. Dallas’ Soul Rep Theatre is dividing the work between CD Lovehall and company member Renee Miche’al. Soul Rep co-founder and co-artistic director Tonya Holloway directs.
In five vignettes across three generations, the drama follows Woodard’s life from her premature birth in Albany, N.Y., to her upbringing in the Jim Crow South to her rise to Broadway stardom. The live performances are accompanied by scene-setting film projections for each chapter.
In a cross promotion with Theatre Three, where Soul Rep co-founder Anyika McMillan-Herod is directing another historical African American play, Intimate Apparel, ticket holders for either play receive a 15% discount to attend the other.
Details
April 11-19 at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak St. $20-$30. soulrep.org.
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