Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast MBalia Singley - "Turn" at the Kimmel Center February - 26 to 29

MBalia Singley - "Turn" at the Kimmel Center February - 26 to 29

Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 5:58 p.m.

b'I speak with M\\u2019Balia Singley, a Philadelphia-based performing artist \\u201cwho has been exploring and excavating the human condition through story, song and audience engagement for the last quarter century. \\u201c

Singley will be performing in \\u201cTurn.\\u201d Using themes from Shakespeare\\u2019s Othello. Here\\u2019s the intriguing description: \\u201cM\\u2019Balia Singley confronts her experience as a Black woman in America with equal parts humor and honesty in this brand-new theatrical work. Turn weaves original songs, comedy, and engrossing stories into a performance that is both sweeping and intimate. From societal expectations to relatable family dysfunction, Singley turns to the unlikely 16th century play and finds connections to our 21st century lives. \\u201c

\\u201cTurn\\u201d will be performed at the Kimmel Center February 29-29th.

https://www.kimmelcenter.org/events-and-tickets/201920/kcp/turn/
https://www.mbalia.com/'