Tag: Alita Mayfield

• Auburn Hills playwright’s “Bronzeville Gold” takes audience back in time

  Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press With the economy in a slump, playwright and Auburn Hills resident Anetria Cole wanted to look back to the Great Depression, and study how people lived during that time. Her upcoming play, “Bronzeville Gold” shows how a community of African-Americans survived the 1930s by running illegal numbers in the…

  stephaniesokol

  08/23/2013

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  1930s depression, Alita Mayfield, Anetria Cole, Auburn Hills Community Center, Bronzeville Gold, Clifford Sykes, economy, Humblefolk Productions, James Nelson, Kitty Dubin, numbers, Oakland University, play, Varner Recital Hall