LIT LIST: My recommendations for a great EotR weekend

There is so much to see east of the river it's hard to know where to start! Luckily for you I've combed through tons of event listings to find you a variety of great things to see, do and enjoy. So check out the list, tell your friends and family and have a great weekend! 

August 11th, 2018-August 25th, 2018
Thurs-Sat at 8PM, Sat and Sun at 3PM

HAPPY ENDING
BY DOUGLAS TURNER WARD

A long-running Off-Broadway hit, Happy Ending was written by Douglas Turner Ward, founder of The Negro Ensemble Company.

It tells of two sisters, Ellie and Vi, who work as maid and laundress for the wealthy Harrisons.  As the play begins they are sitting at the kitchen table in a tenement apartment in Harlem, lamenting the end of their good times.  Mr. Harrison has discovered his wife in an act of infidelity.

The sisters fear that if the marriage breaks up they will be both out of a job.  Their nephew, Junie, chides them for their sentiments at a time when Blacks are on the march towards liberation.

But what Vi and Ellie really fear is that the divorce threatens a cutoff in the household graft the sisters have engaged in and which has brought considerable luxury to their lives.

Happy Ending is directed by Ella Davis Artistic Director of All About the Drama Theater Group and Board Chair, Anacostia Playhouse.