About this Event
The play reading of the timeless classic "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years" features Hattie Winston and Emily Yancy, directed by Fay Hauser-Price.
The reading is presented by Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center (LAICCC), African Grove Institute for the Arts (AGIA) and the Fountain Theatre, in association with UCLA's Beloved Community Initiative (BCI), and will launch LAICCC's annual “Beloved Community Awareness Week” collaboration with UCLA BCI.
“Having Our Say" is a guest production at The Kirk Douglas Theatre, where Inner City Cultural Center will be presenting for the first time. Seating is limited so book early. Our most recent LAICCC events, "Intimate Stories from the Longwood Writers Workshop" and Rocky Carroll in a reading of August Wilson's "How I Learned What I Learned," have sold out in advance.
Free parking with validation is available in the garage under Culver City’s City Hall, across Culver Blvd from the rear of the theatre. Bring your ticket to the lobby for validation. For more detailed information about parking options or The Kirk Douglas Theatre, click on the link above.
About "Having Our Say"
Sadie and Bessie Delany co-authored their first book in 1993, when they were 103 and 101, respectively. Having Our Say, written with Amy Hill Hearth, projected the story of the Delany sisters upon the screen of national awareness.
Their book was adapted for the stage and directed by Emily Mann, artistic director of the McCarter Theater at Princeton University, and ran on Broadway for nine months in 1995 with Gloria Foster and Mary Alice in the starring roles. The Los Angeles premiere of “Having Our Say” was presented at the Mark Taper Forum in 1997.
About the artists
Hattie Winston (Bessie Delany), acclaimed actor, singer, Broadway and television veteran, was a founding actor of the famed Negro Ensemble Company. On Broadway she has appeared in shows such as Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tap Dance Kid and The Me Nobody Knows. Off-Broadway she has earned Obie, Audelco and Dramalogue Awards for shows such as Ntosake Shange's A Photograph: Lovers in Motion and Kevin Arkadie's Up the Mountain. She spent six seasons starring with Ted Danson on Becker, for which she received an NAACP nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also appeared for two seasons with Michael Learned on Nurse, three seasons with Cedric the Entertainer on The Soul Man (currently in syndication on BET) and four seasons with Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno on The Electric Company. Ms. Winston is the proud playwright of Nativity: A Life Story, and The Slave Narratives: A Mighty, Mighty People.
Emily Yancy (Sadie Delany) is a veteran performer of stage, screen, and television, starring in such Broadway productions as Hello Dolly; Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope; Man of La Mancha; and Leonard Bernstein's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Her many regional stage productions have included several previous performances of Having Our Say, playing the role of the younger sister, Bessie. Ms. Yancy recently appeared as the mother of journalist Isabel Wilkerson in Origin, a biographical/dramatic film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. Other films include the comedy-drama ; , and . She has guest starred in more than 30 television shows including How To Get Away With M**der, Criminal Minds and the HBO miniseries, Sharp Objects.
Fay Hauser-Price has written and directed several productions for The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) and directed its highly successful 30th anniversary GALA. As a film director, Fay wrote and produced the short films Where There’s Smoke... and 5150. Fay won two prestigious Telly Awards for directing the documentary Turning Barton Elementary. She was a Producer/Writer/Director on over 25 reality/documentary TV shows including the 26-episode international jazz show Red, Hot and Cool starring Nancy Wilson. Fay produced the 26-episode cable show Living With Soul for TV One, which was nominated for a Vision Award. She is producing the action-adventure feature film Surfmen and the documentary Bethania and the Extraordinary Ordinary. As an actor, Fay is currently seen in Bed and Breakfast, streaming on Tubi.com. She was in 4 episodes of Roots II as “Carrie Barden” and spent 5 years on The Young and The Restless as “Selena Wiley”, winning an Outstanding Cast Emmy.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, United States
USD 25.00