01.07.08 (5:23 pm) posted by Genia
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I received a press release regarding She Like Girls, a new play opening at
The Lark Theatre in New York on January 9, 2008.
Triggered by the 2003 murder of a Newark, NJ teenager, Chisa Hutchinson's She Like Girls is the story of two inner-city high school girls who fall in love in a dangerously homophobic climate.
"The play isn't about murder . . . it's more about the urban community, the urban family, and how they respond to homosexuality . . .
If I sit through two hours of a middle-aged white guy having an existential crisis [or] well-off white chicks debating the merits of marriage,
then why not expose the white folks to the plight of poor Kia Clark, lesbian teenager fighting against the doubly oppressive forces of the inner-city?
Everyone deserves validation."
If you aren't familiar with Sakia Gunn, she's the
15 year old Newark, NJ girl who was stabbed to death after rejecting Richard McCullough's sexual advances and declaring herself a lesbian.
McCullough claimed he did not intend to kill Sakia, but instead she died after running into the knife he pointed
at her after she rejected him. I guess an adult male needed to point a knife at a 15 year old girl to protect his . . . manhood?
For ticket information: larktheatre.org or call 212-352-3101.
In the meantime, I've made a few calls and sent a few emails to several people, hoping I can snag a few minutes of Ms. Hutchinson's time for an
interview. If Once I have successfully secured an interview, I will post it here at SistersTalk.
Until then, if someone already knows how to contact
Ms. Hutchinson, your help would be greatly appreciated.
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