fufu & oreos, created & performed by Obehi Janice


fufu.   A staple dish of West and Central Africa. In Nigeria, it's made from pounded yams.

oreo. "America's Favorite Cookie."   It's black on the outside and white on the inside.


 

This semi-autobiographical one-woman show stages the journey of Obehi, a (sub)urban twenty-something artist, and her attempts to negotiate and narrate multiple identities: Black Female, Nigerian-American and Christian.  When she finds herself recounting memories of home, school, and church in therapy and on stage, she discovers there is more to her identity than simply performing it. With inventive prose and incredible wit, fufu & oreos stakes a claim for the power of voice in our search for self.

 

*Tickets for Saturday, May 14th include a special reception immediately following the performance with: 

  • a full-course, traditional Nigerian meal
  • dessert
  • Nigerian high-life, Afrobeat, house music
  • and much more!
fufuandoreos.com


 119 Logo     119 Gallery

      119 Chelmsford St.
      Lowell, MA 01851

      119gallery.org

 

 

 

DATES:  May 13-22, 2011, Fri, Sat & Sun 

TIME:  Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm, Sundays, 4 pm

TICKETS:  Purchase & Reserve Tickets HERE 

    $10 General Admission

    $7 Students/Seniors

Photos: Becca A. Lewis

 fufu & oreos is supported in part by a grant  

from the Lowell Cultural Council, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.