If Beale Street Could Talk: Theatrical Performance & Talkback

Enjoy a special theatrical performance from If Beale Street Could Talk at Bronx Library Center followed by a talkback with performer Channie Waites led by a Lit to Life Teaching Artist.

Literature to Life presents a selection from their Signature Performance of James Baldwin’s iconic novel If Beale Street Could Talk. Told from the perspective of its young heroine, this is the story of one family’s fight for justice in a society where institutional discrimination has the power to destroy lives, a theme that resonates today with audiences from all walks of life.

-Based on the novel by James Baldwin
-Performed by Channie Waites
-Adapted and directed by Elise Thoron

Please join us at Bronx Library Center for this special performance and talkback. Directly following the performance selection, Channie Waites will join in a conversation with the audience led by a Lit to Life Teaching Artist.

This program is co-presented by Literary Freedom Project.