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DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS

Wednesday, December 8 2010, 10:30am (Grades 9-12); $7

*This performance is 90 minutes long

Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 150 Convent Avenue at West 135^th St. (across from Aaron Davis Hall)

Down These Mean Streets

Performed by Jamil Mena

Adapted and directed by Wynn Handman

Experience the theatrical adaptation of Piri Thomas’ lyrical coming of age memoir about growing up on the streets of Spanish Harlem. First published in 1967, this contemporary classic of manhood, marginalization, survival and transcendence continues to resonate with urban youth throughout the country.

This Literature to Life presentation of Down These Mean Streets, by Piri Thomas, is made by special arrangement with The American Place Theatre.

*Please contact Simone Eccleston at (212) 281-9240 x27 to find out how to get your students and school involved.

DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS

(Grades 9-12: Teachers, to register students call 212.281.9240 x.27)

Wed • Dec 8 • 10:30 am • The Gatehouse

JPMorgan Chase (Lead Sponsor, Harlem Stage Education Programs); MetLife Foundation, Consolidated Edison, Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Tad and Jane Shepard Family Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the Theatre Development Fund, and by