Oni Lasana as 'Lias' Mother
"Oni Lasana Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother" is the most popular and longest running program.
In 1992, Oni researched Dunbar's life, studied his poetry and performed with the Bob Jones Dance and Theater Ensemble of the Coatesville Cultural Society of Chester County Pennsylvania.
The touring and annual presentations, "Lyrics Of Love and Laugh
"Oni Lasana Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother" is the most popular and longest running program.
In 1992, Oni researched Dunbar's life, studied his poetry and performed with the Bob Jones Dance and Theater Ensemble of the Coatesville Cultural Society of Chester County Pennsylvania.
The touring and annual presentations, "Lyrics Of Love and Laughter " featured the southern dialect spoken word poetry of the iconic poet & author, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).
"'Lias' Mother" Oni's solo (audience interactive) production is set during the 1800's on a plantation in Cross, So. Carolina, the home of Oni's paternal enslaved great grandmother, and grandmother, Victoria Brown.
'Lias' Mother reveals the personal heartfelt experiences of an enslaved woman living on a southern plantation during the Civil War in America.
Peoples Light & Theater Co. Malvern, Pa
Paul Laurence Dunbar's most loved and recited poem comes to life as Oni comforts her son Elias as only a mother can. With tender loving care, good advice and a little discipline.
* REPERTOIRE *
In The Morning
Possum
A Preference
When De Corn Pone's Hot
De Way T'ings Come
Keep A 'Pluggin' Away
A Coquette Conquered
My Sort O'Man
W
Paul Laurence Dunbar's most loved and recited poem comes to life as Oni comforts her son Elias as only a mother can. With tender loving care, good advice and a little discipline.
* REPERTOIRE *
In The Morning
Possum
A Preference
When De Corn Pone's Hot
De Way T'ings Come
Keep A 'Pluggin' Away
A Coquette Conquered
My Sort O'Man
When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers
Whistlin' Sam
When Malindy Sings
Philosophy
Angelina
De Critters' Dance
An Ante-Bellum Sermon
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Finale: Sympathy Rap-along
Bose-Giles Family Reunion, Lancaster, Pa
Bose-Giles Family Reunion, Lancaster, Pa
* PRESENTERS *
- History Dinner Theater, Latrobe, PA
- Lincoln University, PA - Freshmen Orientation
- Virginia Tech University, VA
- Tobago Heritage Festival
- Dunbar House - Dayton, OH
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Mercer Museum of Doylestown, PA
- The Hickman, West Chester, PA
- Freedom Village, Chester County
- Diego Martin Library, Trinidad
- East Stroudsburg Uni
* PRESENTERS *
- History Dinner Theater, Latrobe, PA
- Lincoln University, PA - Freshmen Orientation
- Virginia Tech University, VA
- Tobago Heritage Festival
- Dunbar House - Dayton, OH
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Mercer Museum of Doylestown, PA
- The Hickman, West Chester, PA
- Freedom Village, Chester County
- Diego Martin Library, Trinidad
- East Stroudsburg University, PA
- Historic Johnson House, Philadelphia, PA
- Woman Conference, Community College of Denver, Colorado
- African American Museum of Philadelphia, (Retirement Party)
- Bucks County Free Libraries, Pennsylvania
- Manassas Park City Schools, Virginia
- DoDD Schools in Heidelberg, Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Würzburg, Amburg, GERMANY
- People's Light & Theater Co, Malvern, PA
Many more, schools, family reunions, libraries, senior centers, residencies, workshops & storytelling festivals
Middle School - University
Middle School - University
Middle School - University
'Lias' Mother gives out higher educational life lessons.
South Philly Library
Middle School - University
Middle School - University
Elias comes in all shapes, sizes and ages!
History Dinner Theater
Middle School - University
History Dinner Theater
The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery, Latrobe, Pennsylvania 2016
Germantown Homes, Philadelphia, Pa
Germantown Homes, Philadelphia, Pa
Germantown Homes, Philadelphia, Pa
Philadelphia FBI Black History
Germantown Homes, Philadelphia, Pa
Germantown Homes, Philadelphia, Pa