Vinie Burrows, a pioneering black actor, will join
the College's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan.
17, at 4 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.
The event will include readings, songs and dance from a
number of students, faculty, staff and guests.
Burrows will be doing her one-woman show, “Walk
Together Children,” on the African American experience on Monday,
Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Yulman Theater. It is free and open to the
public. A reception will follow.
She also is to meet with classes and student groups on
Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Burrows made her Broadway debut as a youngster with
Helen Hayes, in a play directed by Joshua Logan. She has appeared in six
other Broadway shows, many off-Broadway productions, and international
theater festivals in Paris and Berlin, in roles ranging from classical
Greek plays and Shakespeare to modern works. She has appeared with Mary
Martin, Claude Rains, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, and
Earle Hyman.
As a young performer, Burrows was undaunted by the
dearth of quality roles on the legitimate stage for black performers. She
created her own solo productions, and now has a repertoire of eight
one-woman shows. She has booked, produced, and directed her shows on more
than 5,000 college campuses, and featured on tours of Holland, Germany,
Denmark, Rumania, the United Kingdom, Algeria, Nigeria, Northern Ireland,
Japan, and Russia.