RLT's The Color Purple

THE COLOR PURPLE
June 6 - 29

This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.

Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture
Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray

Directed by Tia James

Learn more about the production and purchase tickets on our website: RaleighLittleTheatre.org/Color-Purple

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Sponsored by WRAL and North State Bank.

This program is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

Raleigh Little Theatre is supported by United Arts Wake County, as well as the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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