Gina Athena Ulysse

Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, me and the World
by Gina Athena Ulysse, with Marc Arena, Kaneza Schaal, Chelsea Smith and special guests

singer Katia Ulysse, performing original Kreyòl songs,

and dancers Martine Vassor-Johnson and Irmina Ulysse.



…an extraordinarily gifted artist, that rare talent whose words are as moving on the page as they are on the stage. A thought-provoking and fabulous show. ~ Edwidge Danticat

Event to benefit Poto Mitan, a film currently in production about five courageous Haitian women activists.


Tickets are $10 , available at the Lyric Stage box office only on the evening of the performance. For better seats arrive between 6:00pm and 6:30pm . To reserve the best available seats and for more information about the event, click here.

Honorary Hosts



Jarrett Barrios | Margaret Burnham | Donna Bivens

Edwidge Danticat | Michele David | Michel DeGraff

Meck Groot | Curdina Hill | Sonja Latimore

Chuck Turner | Marti Wilson-Taylor



Partners



Center for Black Studies Research, UCSB

Center for New Words

Commonwealth Institute

Haitian Studies Project, UM-B

Women’s Theological Center



Knight-Athena Productions

Commonwealth Foundation, Inc., fiscal sponsor