Having Our Say

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Centenarian sisters Sadie and Bessie Delany welcome us into their home to share an amazing story. They tell us about their eventful lives, how they fought injustices big and small, overcoming the racial strife of the 20th century with their charm, warmth, and dignity intact. They share a personal family tale of people who yearned to do the right thing, and strove towards it with every ounce of their beings. 

BY EMILY MANN
ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK BY SARAH L. DELANY
AND A. ELIZABETH DELANY WITH AMY HILL HEARTH
DIRECTED BY JADE KING CARROLL

A CO-PRODUCTION WITH HARTFORD STAGE


FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 13
CLAIRE TOW STAGE IN THE C. NEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE   
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M E E T   T H E   A C T O R S
BRENDA PRESSLEY
Dr. Bessie Delany

Brenda Pressley’s Broadway credits includeThe Lyons, The American Plan, Cats andDreamgirls. She counts The First Breeze of Summer, Seven Guitars, And the World Goes Round, Blues in the Night and Mom, How did you meet the Beatles? among her Off-Broadway credits. On TV Pressley appeared on “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “New York Undercover,” and she starred opposite Olivia Cole in Oprah Winfrey’s “Brewster Place.”
OLIVIA COLE
Sadie Delany

Olivia Cole won an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” and she was nominated for another Emmy Award for “Backstairs at the White House.” Her many Broadway credits include The School for Scandal, You Can’t Take It With You and The Merchant of Venice. Heroes, Coming Home and First Sunday are among her films. On TV she also starred opposite Brenda Pressley in Oprah Winfrey’s “Brewster Place.”
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