Meshaun Labrone Arnold

Miami's sizzling Ground Up & Rising theater company has performed in a number of venues in its short history, and now the group is reaching out to audiences in two different communities. The Hate U Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story, a powerful biographical play about the late rapper, is launching a Ground Up & Rising season in Homestead and getting a four-performance run on Miami Beach.

Written by and starring Meshaun Labrone Arnold, the play debuted last summer at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus. It has one performance at 3 p.m. Sunday at ArtSouth, 240 N. Krome Ave., Homestead, with tickets priced at $15 ($10 for students, seniors and military personnel). Performances at the Byron Carlyle, 500 71st St., Miami Beach, are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and May 1 and 2. Those tickets are $25 and $40 ($20 for students, seniors and military).

Info at 305-529-6233 or http://www.groundupandrising.org/.

Source: The Miami Herald