BLACK GIRL IN PARIS

Book and lyrics by ARIDY NOX
Music by JACINTH GREYWOODE

Black Girl In Paris leads an ensemble of Ancestors into 18th century France to tell the musical story of one of the most famous and least known Black women in American history: Sally Hemmings. The show focuses on Hemmings’ time in Paris and the beginnings of her relationship with Thomas Jefferson, a man who held her and her family in bondage. At the heart of this musical is the question “What does it mean to be free?” a question Black Americans have been grappling with since the original kidnapping and enslavement of Africans for the American project.