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Faith/Religion
8:00 am
Sat March 2, 2013

'The Amen Corner' brings church challenges, life lessons to the stage

Credit FAVS photo courtesy Clyde Ruffin
The cast of the MU production of James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner," directed by Clyde Ruffin.

Community and campus converge in the cast of MU's production of "The Amen Corner," a play by James Baldwin that finishes its run this weekend. 

The play tells the story of an African-American woman who starts a small storefront church in Harlem in 1965. She's recently migrated there from the south with her 18-year-old son, who plays the church piano.

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