Ruby’s Harmonicas and Piano, Inc. is an intense play about union organizing in the mid-South by Gregory Powell. It is directed by James Brown and will be presented as a staged reading on Saturday, March 14, at 11:00 a.m. at Club Car Baltimore, 12 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
Ruby’s Harmonicas and Piano, Inc. is set in a piano factory in Memphis, Tennessee, a year after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. The play opens on the day before Ruby’s African American employees vote whether to be represented by a union. Four men and women risk their livelihoods and lives by demanding justice for the employees of Ruby’s.
The cast includes:
BPF readings are supported by Mayor Brandon Scott and the City of Baltimore, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Creative Baltimore Fund.
BPF readings are free and open to the public. For further information, go to www.baltplayfest.org.
