About A Song For Corretta
The five fictional characters in Pearl Cleage’s play, A Song for Coretta, are standing in the rain at the end of a long line of mourners who have come to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, the deceased widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. What ensues is a generational clash invoked by the common need to embrace Mrs. King’s extraordinary life  and find a bridge to the soul of the civil rights icon. As the mourners hold her in their memories, so the play enters ours.
A Song For Coretta opened in Atlanta in 2007. The Atlanta Journal –– Constitution said the play “... brims with wit, personality and life-affirming energy.”
Pearl Cleage is probably best remembered in the Detroit area for her play Blues For An Alabama Sky. 
Ms. Cleage was raised in Detroit. She was the daughter of the prominent Detroit Civil Rights leader, Reverend Cleage, who founded the Shrine of the Black Madonna Church located by the corner of  Linwood and Chicago not far from the Sacred Heart Seminary.
The Director
Barbara Busby, a founder of the Repertory, is the director for A Song For Coretta. Barbara has been a prominent director and actor throughout the history of the Repertory. She was last seen on the Rep stage in her acclaimed portrayal of Mother Superior, Sister Aloysius, in the Pulitzer Prize play, Doubt. Two seasons ago Barbara directed the absurdist comedy, Moonshine Alley, about homeless inhabitants who refused to be evicted from an alley.

Lydia Willis; Charity Clark; Casaundra Freeman; Angela G. King

She has assembled a cast of three Rep returnees and two first timers to the Rep stage. The returnees include Charity Clark (Going to St. Ives); Casaundra Freeman (Hannibal of the Alps) and Janee Ann Smith (Doubt). New members are Angela G. King and Lydia Willis.
Performances and Prices
A Song for Coretta, opens at the Repertory January 14 and runs every Thursday through Sunday until March 21, 2010. Saturday evening February 13, 2010 will feature the Repertory Board of Trustees Annual Red Night Fundraiser. Ticket prices for that event are priced accordingly. All other tickets, fundraisers, Bargain Booklets, and Subscriptions will remain the most affordable for not-for-profit professional theatre in the Region. General admission is $17 per ticket in advance and $20 at the door. The Rep’s “Anytime, Multi-use” Gold Double Subscription for two is the unmatched price of $100 and a Silver Single Subscription stays at $50. 10-ticket Bargain Booklets, Regular and Matinee are $110 and $100 respectively and still make great mini-fundraisers.
For tickets, bookings and information call or visit the Rep Box office, 313•868•1347. Tickets can be purchased by phone using Visa or MasterCard.
Fundraising dates are still available for the last two plays on the season, Two Point Oh and My Soldiers.
Maps and directions to the Repertory may be obtained on the website by clicking on Get to The Rep.