Spunk, an adaptation by George C. Wolfe and based on three short stories by the novelist and folklorist, Zora Neale Hurston, will grace the stage at Sacramento State?s Playwrights’ Theatre March 8 through 18.

The play consists of Hurston’s three short stories: “Sweat,” “Story in Harlem Slang,” and “The Gilded Six Bits.”

“Spunk” deals with the three vital issues of love, money and survival. “Sweat” tells the story of a young woman who is abused, betrayed and terrorized with a snake by her husband.

“Story in Harlem Slang” is the story of two young gigolos trying to out-hustle each other for the favor of a young woman. “The Gilded Six Bits” is a bittersweet story of a husband’s betrayal by his loving but innocent wife.

Wolfe creates a story of rural and urban African American life in the early 20th century using narration, dramatization, puppetry, dance and musical interludes.Hurston flourished as a writer of prose fiction and journalism. Her collection of African American folk tales influenced her short fiction stories and her 1937 novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”

For ticket information, call 278-4323.