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Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. In poetry and song, she reflects on her mother’s passing while contemplating the former slaves who became soldiers in a regiment known as the Native Guard. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.  Directed by Rosalind Ayres with Neal A. Ghant as The Native Guard, January LaVoy as The Poet, Nicole Banks Long as Vocalist and Tyrone Jackson as Keyboard/Composer/Music Director.   It is available through L.A. Theatre Works.

This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.