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News Due to Snow, Atlanta's Actor's Express Delays doll plays to Jan. 12 There hasn't been a strong snowfall in New York City yet, but Atlanta has already had six inches. Due to a winter storm on Jan. 3 and 4, which paralyzed the city, Actor's Express will cancel the first two previews of Alva Rogers' the doll plays and Bee-Luther-Hatchee, moving the first previews to Jan. 12. The world premiere Rogers play runs in repertory with Gibbon's Bee-Luther-Hatchee through March 16.

There hasn't been a strong snowfall in New York City yet, but Atlanta has already had six inches. Due to a winter storm on Jan. 3 and 4, which paralyzed the city, Actor's Express will cancel the first two previews of Alva Rogers' the doll plays and Bee-Luther-Hatchee, moving the first previews to Jan. 12. The world premiere Rogers play runs in repertory with Gibbon's Bee-Luther-Hatchee through March 16. As she dies, Aunt Len recounts her life through the dolls that populate her Harlem brownstone in the doll plays. Peter DuBois directs the production, inspired by the true story of Lenon Holder-Hoyte, a private collector of dolls, whose collection became one of the largest in America until it was dismantled at her death in 1994 and sold through Sotheby's and various antique dealers. Rogers, who received a $20,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation for doll plays, is also the author of the whole wide world and Stained.

At the center of Bee-Luther-Hatchee is Shelita Burns, an African American book editor who receives a Civil Rights era autobiography from the South that illuminates her mind and causes a controversy that may end her career. K. Elizabeth Stevens directs this play by the author of 6221 and Black Russian.

Both plays will open Jan. 13. Tickets are $20-$25. Actor's Express is located in the King Plow Arts Center at 887 West Marietta Street. For reservations, call (404) 607 SHOW. Actor's Express is on the web at http://www.actorsexpress.com.

 
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