Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Artistic Director) Presents

QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD

Written by CALEEN SINNETTE JENNINGS

Starring FELICIA CURRY

Directed by PAIGE HERNANDEZ
In association with AMY E. GERWIRTZ and ELIZABETH & SCOTT COPLAN
Scenic Design: TERESA L. WILLIAMS
Costume, Hair & Makeup Design: MIKA EUBANKS
Lighting Design: DAISY LONG
Sound Design: DAVID LAMONT WILSON
Projection Design: LISA RENKEL
Production Manager: REBECCA SCHAFER
Casting: KOPPEL CASTING
Press Representative: SKOLLAR PR
Assistant Stage Manager: ABBEY HOWARD
Production Stage Manager: ALLISON HOHMAN

Theatre 5 @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
April 9 – May 1, 2022
Tickets: https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/queens-girl-in-the-world/

In QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD, playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings invites you on a time-travel journey back to the 1960’s through the eyes of a middle-class black girl. We join Jacqueline Marie Butler (Felicia Curry) on her East Elmhurst stoop as she ponders the mysteries of life, delights in the discoveries bestowed by neighborhood characters, and tries to find her place amidst a chaotic world while evolving into a young woman. Against a background of Motown music, creative projections and a simplistic convertible set take us from Queens to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and on subway rides to a Greenwich Village school.

This excursion is all made possible by the amazing talents of Felicia Curry, who remains on the stage for the full 90 minutes and deftly plays every character with distinct attributes, accents, and eccentricities, all the while lifting your spirits, breaking your heart, and making you wish you could befriend the innocently precocious Jackie. This is a trip worth taking; don’t miss it.

- Laurie Lawson -