Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Play it through

Tensions rise between members of a blues band and the owners of a recording studio in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Ti Ames directs the drama as part of Charlottesville Players Guild’s production of playwright August Wilson’s American Century Cycle. If you miss the sign up for Rock & Reel, you’ll be able to catch some of the performers on June 17 at a special intermission performance followed by a post-show discussion with the cast and crew.

Through 6/25. $20, times vary. Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 Fourth St. NW. jeffschoolheritagecenter.org

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