Can anyone tell me when "Straight From The Ghetto" was first performed

Question:

Can anyone tell me when "Straight From The Ghetto" was first performed on Stage?

Any details would be greatly appreciated. All I know is it is part of the New York Shakespere Festival.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Monday, Apr. 08, 1974
Players from Prisons

Inside a Riker's Island Prison theater in New York City last week, the players were setting up on stage. The audience entered in rowdy chaos—175 women, mostly black and Puerto Rican, dressed in sleeveless, hemless shifts, and monitored by hefty black female guards in starchy white shirts. A loudspeaker voice cut through the clamor to introduce the program: "'The Family' started behind the walls and it is now functioning outside the wall. And every member is a professional. Today we will see Straight from the Ghetto." more info at this site
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printo...