Company One Theatre examines the cultural significance of 'Hoops'

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Eliana Pipes' play is a “choreopoem-esque collage” that takes a 'sweeping look at the history of hoops and how donning them, whether gold, silver, resin, wood or leather, big or small, can empower a person and shape culture,' theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews.

From left: Kaili Y. Turner, Brandie Blaze, Karimah Williams, Tiffany Santiago, Albamarina Nahar and Elijah Brown in Company One Theatre's"Hoops."

Playwright Eliana Pipes provides another kind of tribute to the jewelry and an exploration of what it means to be the wearer in “,” a new play at the Strand Theatre until Aug. 10.

Under the direction of Tonasia Jones, the ensemble traded stories about their favorite earrings with a spirit of camaraderie. Some recalled how hoops with cheap metal could turn green or bother sensitive ears or how real gold ones could be passed down from generation to generation like an inheritance. Tales of hardworking, hard-loving mothers and grandmothers reminded me and my seatmate of our late mothers and their gems, including the hoops they left behind.

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