Observer Editor
Michigan Playwrights Festival: Theatre Nova
Aug. 21–25. Readings of new full-length plays by Michigan playwrights. Tonight: D.L. Patrick's Eclipsed: The Sun, the Moon, and Gladys Atkinson Sweet, a play documenting the all-too-real 1925 case of a Black married couple and their friends charged with first-degree murder following the attack on the Sweet's Detroit home by over 700 white neighbors. 8 p.m. (Thurs.–Sat.) & 2 p.m. (Sat. & Sun.), Theatre Nova, 410 W. Huron St. Tickets $10 (festival pass, $30) in advance at theatre-nova.ticketleap.com and (if available) at the door. (734) 635–8450.
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