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FSWW, in partnership with Zoomcatchers and The Billie Holiday Theatre is pleased to present Ptomaine Poison by Dr. Janice Liddell and directed by Byron C. Saunders. This reading is produced by Kimberly Gunn and Garland Thompson Jr. About the playwright: Dr. Janice Liddell, Professor Emerita, retired from Clark Atlanta University after serving for over thirty five years in several capacities, including Professor of English, Chair of the Department of English and Director of Faculty Development. In 2024, Dr. Liddell produced a collection of three one-act plays, Elders Igniting: Many More Stories to Tell, written by three senior Atlanta playwrights, of which she was one. Synopsis: A timely exploration of race and racial interactions in the South. Set in Greater Birmingham, Alabama in 2013, Marianne Williams and Mary-Lou LeBlanc have very divergent histories in the Birmingham Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Their 14-year-old daughters, Nzinga Williams, and Collette LeBlanc are collaborating on a school project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant events of the Civil Rights movement, the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four Black girls and injured 22 others. As White and African American natives of Birmingham respectively, they continue to reflect clear racial perspectives and even now clash over racial issues as they meet for the first time. How will each family handle this collaboration? Join us live and find out! There will be a moderated critique session immediately following this reading where you can offer direct feedback to the playwright. www.thefsww.org www.zoomcatchers.us