Blues for an Alabama Sky

by Pearl Cleage

New York City, 1930. Following a decade of explosive creativity, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression.
In the face of hardship and dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams alive. But, when Angel falls for a stranger from Alabama, their romance forces the group to make good on their ambitions, or give in to the reality of the time.

104 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Pearl Cleage is an African-American playwright, essayist, novelist, poet and political activist. She is currently the Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre and at the Just Us Theater Company. Cleage is a political activist. She tackles issues at the crux of racism and sexism, and is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman. Her works are highly anthologized and have been the subject of many scholarly analyses. Many of her works across several genres have earned both popular and critical acclaim. Her novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997) was a 1998 Oprah's Book Club selection.

Reviews

[Flor Figueroa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Real, autentica y arrolladora.
No suelo leer obras de teatro pero esta se lleva todos los halagos.
Cleage tiene una forma de situar al lector en el contexto histórico de Harlem que uno siente conocer a los personajes y vivir junto a ellos todas sus aventuras, desde sus sueños chocando con sus realidades, a ideas conflictivas enfrentándose en vivo, a cambios repentinos en la trama y claramente no puede faltar el tema principal de la amistad como eje central de la obra y de la vida .

[Miranda Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

MS PEARL IS 2 for 2! Such an amazing play, I was screaming NOOOOO during the final act.