Princeton Seminary Student Produces Play, The Herstory Exhibitions

Princeton, NJ, February 5, 2007–DLG Productions and the Association of Black Seminarians will present The Herstory Exhibitions on Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. and on Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. on the Seminary’s campus in the Gambrell Room of Scheide Hall. Tickets are twelve dollars per person and can be purchased through the play’s producer and director, seminarian Khristi Adams, at 908.421.3486 or by email at khristi.adams@ptsem.edu. There is no charge for Princeton Seminary and Princeton University faculty and students, but a ticket is required to enter the theater.

The play is a series of eight “exhibits,” or scenes, enacted by six Seminary students. With exhibits titled “The Souls of Her Sisters,” “The Reality of Her Struggles,” and “A Tribute to Her Mothers,” The Herstory Exhibitions attempts to creatively present the lives of Black women though monologues, literary fiction, and narrative. Most of the material was written by Adams, but the play also includes narrative and poetry written by Maya Angelou, Rhonda Rogers, Esinam Bediako, Ntozake Shange, and Toby Thompkins, among others, and music by India.Arie, CeCe Winans, and Nina Simone. Some of the material may not be suitable for children.

This is Adams’s fifth play. She holds a B.A. in advertising from Temple University and is cofounder and executive director of DLG Productions, a New Jersey nonprofit organization that “creates opportunities for professional artists to display their original and creative projects that spread the good news of Christ, encourage and defend biblical truths, as well as educate and empower respective communities in distinct modes of expression.” 

The Association of Black Seminarians of Princeton Seminary is “committed to the liberating word of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and interpreting this message afresh for our contemporary age.  It is organized in order to establish and give mutual support to African and African American students at Princeton Seminary.” 

Princeton Theological Seminary was founded in 1812 as the first seminary established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It is the largest Presbyterian seminary in the country, with more than 700 students in seven graduate degree programs.

For more information and for tickets, contact Khristi Adams at khristi.adams@ptsem.edu.