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Harlem Renaissance luminaries reunite, revealing hidden truths about Alain Locke.

In June 1954, the Harlem Renaissance's visionary, Alain Locke, is commemorated at Benta's Funeral Home in Harlem. Renowned figures like Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Jesse Fauset, and Nancy Cunard attend. Decades since their last meeting, and now in their sixties, they reunite at the Hotel Theresa post-funeral. What begins as effusive praise for Locke over tea takes a darker turn, revealing unsettling truths about the esteemed man and the four women who have gathered to pay their respects.

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“ ‘Telling Tales Out of School’ is a creative, smart and compelling play about four of America’s and Britain’s literary minds. If you’re looking for great acting, a journey to the past and meaningful writing, this is a play to catch this season.”
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“The performances are sublime, superb, and expert. The actors are at the top of their game and they are thoroughly enjoying the back-and-forth banter of thoughts and ideas. They are not only women of art but broads of the world. It is a captivating thought-provoking theatrical experience.”
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