The Vicksburg Project

Eve Beglarian, Karen Kandel and Mallory Catlett explore the experiences of women and gender-nonconforming people in Vicksburg, Mississippi, over the course of two centuries that include the Civil War, the Jim Crow Era and the Civil Rights Movement. Their stylistically varied song cycle draws on historical materials (letters, news reports, diary entries) as well as live interviews, original writing by Kandel, and poems by June Jordan, Thylias Moss and Lucille Clifton. Produced by Mabou Mines and piece by piece productions, the show premieres this weekend at Harlem Stage.