A snapshot of the Simple Joys Black Cabaret – North by Northwestern

A snapshot of the Simple Joys Black Cabaret – North by Northwestern

The Simple Joys cast pose at the end of “Magic To Do” from Pippin during their final performance / Photo courtesy of Margarita Williams May 3 marked the last of three performances of the Simple Joys Cabaret, an event in “celebration of Black artists.” It was a cabaret inspired by the Black Folks Theatre, a collective for Black students at Northwestern established in the 1970s as a branch of FMO (For Members Only), Northwestern’s Black Student Un…