Jump at the Sun
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Jump at the Sun
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About this listen
As the '20s roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump At The Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of Their Eyes Are Watching God), who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store to writing prize-winning stories, novels, and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston's story reveals a woman's ferocious appetite for life, literature, and love.
Starring (in alphabetical order):
David Downing as Buddy, Porter, Juice
Cyndi James Gossett as Louise Thompson, Sadie, Lucy, Ann Hurston
Tommy Hicks as Langston Hughes, John Hurston, Bits
Lamakhosi Kuene as Young Zora, Plum
John Lafayette as Herbert Sheen
Mark Christopher Lawrence as Wallace Thurman, Photographer
Loren Lester as Franz Boaz
Tina Lifford as Zora Neale Hurston
Nan Martin as Godmother
Marian Mercer as Fanny Hurst
Felton Perry as Gene, Charles S. Johnson, Poe
Esther Scott as Gwen Benner, Delilah, Effie
Editorial reviews
Award-winning writer Kathleen McGhee-Anderson's play chronicles the passions of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist, anthropologist, and literary nova of the Harlem Renaissance. TV/film veterans Tommy Hicks, David Downing, and Tina Lifford (Parenthood), as Hurston, lead the multi-talented L.A. Theatre Works cast, who perform the life and loves of the barefoot girl who grew from making up tales about the simple life of the sharecropping south into the woman lionized as a uniquely fashionable individual, and one of the preeminent writers of 20th century African-American literature.
Zora Neale Hurston grew up "telling lies" to an appreciative audience in a small Black town in Florida. She was a story teller and, as an acclaimed anthropologist, a story collector and a folklorist. Zora Neale Hurston wasn't so much as in the right place at the right time as she created the right time and the right place - Harlem in the 1920's became the Harlem Renaissance. She was a contemporary of Langston Hughes (1902-1967), who is prominently featured in "Jump at the Moon." Hughes was more radicalized than Zora Neale Hurston, and probably looked down at her for being too ethnically black. She was exuberant and embraced Black culture, and that exuberance makes a great radio play performance.
LA Theater Works (latw dot org) has a great guide for teachers, and it's a good guide to start learning about that cultural era. The title of this review is a Zora Neale Hurston quote.
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My only complaint----not nearly long enough!
A Beautiful Dramatic Performance!
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