Klub Ka, The Blues Legend, Book and lyrics by James V. Hatch and Suzanne Noguere. Music by Christa Victoria.

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Klub Ka, The Blues Legend is a fantasy in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz and Alice in the Wonderland - with its own original music. The story is that of Suji, a teen-age girl who is sexually abused by her father. Already attempting to write poetry, she cannot express the depth of her feelings or the trauma of her exprience, until she discovers in the attic, a 1920 Okeh recording, "Papa Gee's Blues". The Delta bluesman materializes and tells her she must take the journey to Klub Ka, The Blues Legend, the home of all blues poets, past and present, to compete for "The Magic Ka of Words" (Ka, the Egyptian word for "soul".) If she succeeds, it will enable her to articulate her own blues. It is a dangerous odyssey that requires her to enter the Kingdom of the Dead.

The Cast of Characters:

Fixit Eshu Elegba, is a trickster, shape-shifter, and a zany. He assumes the characters of (1) Trashman (2) Thoth, Egyptian god of learning (3) Daddy Blue, minstrel man and (4) miscellaneous creatures

Suji (Thingamabob), abused girl longing to be a poet

Champion Daddy, Suji's abusive father, a/k/a the Fox

Papa Gee, old-time blues singer on Okeh Records and storyteller on blues radio program

Mama Inanna, the Mother of Us All (Isis), ISIS INANNA, the owner of the Driftwood Bar and owner Klub Ka

The Singing KARMAS (The Three Fates) also play three abused girls:

      ZZaytha/Bunny
      Pricker/Minnie Pearl
      Xit/Neola Lynn

Francis Thompson, Victorian poet and keeper of the flame

Scripts and music are available, as well as video of the production at LaMaMa Theatre, New York City.