"Blues For an Alabama Sky" by Pearl Cleage.

Her recent plays include Blues for an Alabama Sky, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Pork Pie and Cookin' at the Cookery.

"Blues for an Alabama Sky" was commissioned by the Alliance Theater and had its premiere there last year.

Through Nov. 1: "Blues for an Alabama Sky."

"Blues for an Alabama Sky," Hartford Stage, 50 Church Street, Hartford.

Teddy Gentry: bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Red River" and "Alabama Sky"

She lives in Atlanta and first found a home in black theaters around the country with plays like "Blues for an Alabama Sky," about four friends in the summer of 1930.

This weekend, the Arizona Theater Company presents Pearl Cleage's "Blues for an Alabama Sky."

Disney officials sought out the Alliance after seeing Mr. Leon's staging of "Blues for an Alabama Sky" in 1996.

Blues for an Alabama Sky (1999; ISBN 0-8222-1634-5)