Coming off her sold-out run at Joe’s Pub with Plays for the Plague Year (Winner of the Drama Desk 2023 Award for Best Songs in a Play), playwright/singer-songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks fronts her 8-piece band, Sula & The Joyful Noise, for a neo-soul evening of booty-shaking, statement-making and mind-melting music. Come join her in her test kitchen! She'll be re-tooling old songs and trying out new ones as she puts together a brand new theatre show. This special performance will commemorate Juneteenth, marking the first full day of freedom with an evening of soul-stirring music and celebration.
Suzan-Lori Parks is a multi-award-winning American playwright and the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog (2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play). Her original songs for Plays for the Plague Year which was performed at Joe’s Pub received a 2023 Drama Desk Award for Best Music in a Play.
