The Breakfast at the Bookstore

Karamu House

Cleveland, OH (East Side)
Professional Theatre

By: Lisa Langford

January 26 - February 18, 2024

Show Description:

It’s 1973, five years after the 1968 Glenville Uprising, started by a shootout between police and Black nationalists. Dot wants to be an activist and support the Black liberation movement by opening a revolutionary bookstore. Sharpe, Dot’s common-law husband and a former Black nationalist, wants anything but. And Spacemen. Yep.

Staff and Cast

Director: Nina Domingue

Cast:
 

Showtimes:

7:30pm Thursdays
7:30pm Fridays
7:30pm Saturdays
3pm Sundays

Tickets

$25 - $45

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Health and Safety Guidelines

GENERAL MASK POLICY:  While mask wearing is encouraged, Karamu audience members may choose whether or not to wear a mask.  Please keep in mind, certain productions may require masking and other vaccine/ testing protocols.  Unvaccinated guests are asked to wear a mask. We also ask that all audience members be respectful of another patron's choices. Guests exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 or who have tested positive within the last 14 days must stay home.

Content Advisories

The Breakfast at the Bookstore contains adult language, sexual suggestiveness, and descriptions of violence.

Location:

Karamu House
2355 East 89th Street
Cleveland, OH 44106