Congo Cabaret

Directed by Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield

With Kevin Daniels, Nic Few, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Julio Marcelino and Karen Obilom

Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he meets a friend, Jake, whose girlfriend, Congo Rose, is the singer there. Drama swirls around the characters as Zeddy confronts the cabaret owner, about his sexuality. Congo Rose, seeking to reignite her man’s fading interest, puts on a performance, with her Pansy Dancer, of a Bessie Smith song that seduces the whole room, especially Zeddy.