New play on Sr. Thea Bowman debuts at Xavier NEW ORLEANS – Xavier University of Louisiana will host a first-performance-reading of the play “Turning Thea” by Mary Queen Donnelly, Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the University Chapel (first floor Administration Building).
The play is based on the life of the late Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, who was associated with the Xavier Institute for Black Catholic Studies in the 1980s. Her work extended across the South from her native Mississippi to Wisconsin and beyond.
Xavier English professor James Shade will direct the performance-reading, while the cast consists of Xavier students and the campus ministry choir.
The performance is sponsored by Xavier’s Department of English, the African American Studies Program, and the Xavier Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, contact Sister Donna Gould, or Dr. Thomas Bonner Jr. at 504-520-5158.
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of University & Media Relations Carol Dotson or Warren Bell (504)-520-7568 or 520-5427 xunews@xula.edu
