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In November, the award-winning drama “Gee’s Bend” will be at the Youngstown Playhouse for two weekends. The play is an intimate look at an African-American family that begins in the late 30s and moves through the new millennium. As the play progresses, topics like the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement are covered from the perspective of a rural community that is mostly cut-off from society. The Youngstown Playhouse production of “Gee’s Bend” is directed by Carla Gipson, who also brought attention to the play when she showed it to her executive director. “I had hea...