Othello of Overtown: New Musical about Life and Legacy of Purvis Young

Thursday, July 2nd from 1 – 3pm enjoy Othello of Overtown: New Musical about Life and Legacy of Purvis Young at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Experience a special performance featuting live jazz, original lyrics, rare archival footage about one of Miami’s most celebrated painters from 1970-90’s. This Event is Free & Open to the Public, RSVP HERE.

Inspired by the life of Purvis Young (1943–2010) the self-taught artist whose work chronicled the people, struggles and spirit of Miami’s Overtown neighborhood in his paintings, Othello of Overtown explores Young’s artistic journey, his relationship with community, and the tensions between creative expression and the commercial art world.

A special preview of the new production is happening during July, the monthly First Free Thursday at NSU Art Museum, many events are free and open to the public including this matinee performance in the Norma and William Horvitz Auditorium.

The play was written by Miami-born playwright, director and actor Sefanja Richard Galon. The director is Carey Brianna Hart, a New World School of the Arts and Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University graduate whose South Florida theater work spans stage, backstage, directing and radio arts and President of the South Florida Theatre League.

Enjoy lunch and a coffee in the cafe and join us for the reading of about one hour with a conversation with the playwright, director and cast afterwards.