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Zora Neale Hurston’s "Their Eyes Were Watching God" 75th Anniversary Celebration

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Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

Celebrate this seminal work from the American literary canon with live theater, conversations and more this season from The Greene Space.

FRI FEB 24 AT 7 PM
I, Too, Sing America: Langston And Zora’s Unsung Collaboration
Host Terrance McKnight explores the music of the era through the lens of Langston Hughes and his close and controversial relationship with Zora Neale Hurston. 

WED FEB 29 AND THU MAR 1 AT 7 PM
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Radio Drama
Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Starring Brandon DirdonPhylicia RashadRoslyn RuffLeslie Uggams and others. Radio drama adapted by 
Arthur Yorinks. 

WED MAR 14 AT 6 PM
A Literary Salon
Mix and mingle and enjoy readings from Their Eyes Were Watching God by poet and actor Carl Hancock Rux

WED MAR 28 AT 7 PM
Women Writers on the Horizon
A conversation with Alice WalkerSonia Sanchez and Ruby Dee, moderated by Zora Neale Hurston’s niece, 
Lucy Anne Hurston

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
44 Charlton Street in SoHo

Tickets and information at thegreenespace.org/zora