Celebrating First Freedom Day With Suzan-Lori Parks and Sula & The Joyful Noise

Tony Award winner Suzan-Lori Parks and her 8-piece band, Sula & The Joyful Noise, will present a Juneteenth celebration concert at New York City's Francis Kite Club June 20 at 7 PM. The evening of music and celebration will commemorate the first full day of freedom. Parks is a multi-award-winning American playwright and the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her Broadway hit Topdog/Underdog (2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play). Her original songs for Plays for the Plague Year which was performed at Joe’s Pub received a 2023 Drama Desk Award for Best Music in a Play.