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HATTILOO THEATRE


Memphis, TN

The Boy Who Kissed The Sky
8/16 - 9/8/2024


Set in the heart of Seattle to the rhythms that shaped a generation, The Boy Who Kissed The Sky is inspired by the early life ...


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Hattiloo Theatre Presents SISTAS: THE MUSICAL This June


by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2023

Hattiloo Theatre (37 South Cooper, Memphis, TN 38104) will present Sistas the Musical, a musical by Dorothy Marcic, directed by JaMeeka Holloway....

Hattiloo Theatre Presents ON STAGE, SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY By Jocelyn Bioh


by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2023

Hattiloo Theatre presents School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bio, running March 24 – April 16, 2023....

Hattiloo Theatre Presents SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY Next Month


by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2023

Hattiloo Theatre presents Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery, a play by Shay Youngblood, running February 3- 26, 2023....

Hattiloo Theatre Presents SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY, February 3- 26


by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2023

Hattiloo Theatre presents On Stage, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery, a play by Shay Youngblood, running February 3- 26, 2023. ...

VELVETEEN RABBIT THE MUSICAL Have Announced At Hattiloo Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - November 01, 2022

Velveteen Rabbit the Musical has been announced at Hattiloo Theatre (37 South Cooper, Memphis, TN 38104) Running November 26 – December 18, 2022. ...

​​​​​​​Hattiloo Theatre Presents KILL MOVE PARADISE Beginning October 14


by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2022

​​​​​​​Hattiloo Theatre presents Kill Move Paradise a play by James Ijames. Directed by Ekundayo Bandele. Running October 14 – 30, 2022....

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Announced at Hattiloo Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - June 21, 2022

Five Guys Named Moe to run July 15 – 7 August 7, 2022 at Hattiloo Theatre, 37 South Cooper, Memphis, TN 38104. ...

BWW Review: IN REAL LIFE at Hattiloo Theatre


by Kevin Shaw - June 04, 2021

There's an old cliché that says, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.' Although it's basically another way to say that what you plan for and what actually happens to you can be vastly different, it can ease the sting a bit, if you'll let it. That's a big 'if.' Ironically though, not ...

Past Shows

Five Guys Named Moe
7/15 - 8/7/2022


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Our Lady of Kibeho
9/3 - 9/26/2021


Katori Hall DePaul University...


This electrifying drama about the gritty lives of two street-savvy hustlers resonated through the theatre world. The New York Times led the way, calling it ...

In Real Life
5/28 - 6/20/2021


Charlayne Woodard....

Spunk
2/13 - 2/14/2021


Hattiloo Theatre George C. Wolfe, adapted for the stage from three short stories by Zora Neale Hurston, music by Chic Street Man...

Marie and Rosetta
6/5 - 6/28/2020


Hattiloo Theatre...

Detroit '67
1/17 - 2/9/2020


Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

Eclipsed
10/11 - 11/10/2019


Danai Gurira Hattiloo Theatre...

Between Riverside and Crazy
9/20 - 10/13/2019


Stephen Adly Guirgis Hattiloo Theatre...

Too Heavy for Your Pocket
3/22 - 4/14/2019


Jir?h Breon Holder Hattiloo Theatre...

A Song for Coretta
1/11 - 2/3/2019


On February 6, 2006, people began lining up at dawn outside of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to the late Mrs. Coretta ...

Aida
Aida
6/9 - 7/2/2017


Winner of four 2000 Tony Awards, an enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is engaged to the ...

Gem Of The Ocean
Gem Of The Ocean
4/28 - 5/14/2017


August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (a series of ten plays each set in a different decade) begins with Gem of the Ocean, which takes place in ...

Crowns The Gospel
Crowns The Gospel
3/10 - 4/2/2017


Set during the sweltering political and racial heat of 1963, Bayard Rustin - an openly gay, Black proponent of non-violent civil disobedience who was jailed ...

Blueprints To Freedom: An Ode To Bayard Rustin


Set during the sweltering political and racial heat of 1963, Bayard Rustin - an openly gay, Black proponent of non-violent civil disobedience who was jailed ...

Take The Soul Train To Christmas


Having to write research-papers about how Black people celebrated Christmas throughout history, Granddad, a former Pullman Porter, ushers his granddaughter and two of her friends ...

The House That Will Not Stand
The House That Will Not Stand
10/28 - 11/20/2016


Set in New Orleans in 1836 after a long period of French rule that permitted common-law marriages between free women of color and white men. ...

Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
9/23 - 10/16/2016


On a spring day in 1947, Branch Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavy weight champion, Joe Louis, tap star Bill ...

The Devil's Music: The Life And Blues Of Bessie Smith


A powerful musical that dramatizes the turbulent story of the legendary “Empress of the Blues,” whose life was as large and as outrageous as her ...

The Wiz
The Wiz
6/2 - 6/6/2016


An African-American re-imaging of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy, a kindergarten teacher from Harlem, and her dog Toto are lost in a snowstorm and end ...

Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet


Marcus is the 16-year-old son of Elegba (from In the Red and Brown Water and The Brothers Size). As he grows into his sexual identity, ...

Free Man of Color
Free Man of Color
3/3 - 4/3/2016


When John Newton Templeton is unexpectedly freed after his master’s death, he migrates to the free state of Ohio where Robert Wilson, an avowed abolitionist ...

The Brothers Size
The Brothers Size
1/7 - 2/7/2016


Just out of prison and taken in by his brother, Oshoosi Size is ready to start his life anew. When his former cellmate appears at ...

The Brothers Size
The Brothers Size
1/7 - 2/7/2016


When Oshoosi is released from prison, his brother Ogun Size (from In the Red and Brown Water), who runs an auto repair shop, decides that ...

If Scrooge Was a Brother
If Scrooge Was a Brother
11/27 - 12/20/2015


Back from a sold-out and extended run in Season Nine, Eb Scroo is a successful African American businessman with a surly attitude about the world, ...

In the Red and Brown Water
In the Red and Brown Water
10/1 - 10/25/2015


Oya misses her opportunity at a college track scholarship to care for her ailing mother. Displacing her desires into a pair of stormy romances and ...

In the Heights
8/20 - 9/13/2015


 Turn up the heat and get ready to feel the rhythm as this Broadway dance spectacular brings the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan to the ...

Black Pearl Sings!
3/20 - 4/6/2014


In 1935 Texas, Susannah, an academic and song collector for the Library of Congress, visits a high-security prison where she meets Pearl, an African-American woman ...

Seven Guitars
2/13 - 3/2/2014


Don Evans New Horizon Theater...

Steel Magnolias
10/17 - 11/3/2013


Steel Magnolias is a comedy–drama play about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. It is written by Robert Harling, based ...

The Whipping Man
9/12 - 9/29/2013


The Whipping Man. Winner of the 2011 John Gassner New Play Award from the NY Outer Critics Circle....

Grease
8/15 - 9/1/2013


Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as ...

SARAFINA!
5/23 - 6/9/2013


Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the ...

NATIVE SON (Classic)
4/4 - 4/21/2013


In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2/28 - 3/17/2013


Set in a Chicago in 1927, while Ma Rainey's band wait for her to arrive, tension mounts between the young trumpeter Levee and veteran player ...

Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
5/24 - 6/17/2012


Three friends -- Effie, Deena, and Lorrell, form an R&B act. When the manager changes their style to pop, he makes Deena the lead singer ...

Blood Knot
Blood Knot
5/10 - 5/20/2012


Set in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, fair-skinned Morris and dark-skinned Zachariah are brothers with different fathers. When Zachariah's white pen-pal girl comes to visit, the ...

The Amen Corner
The Amen Corner
4/19 - 5/6/2012


Margaret, pastor of a Harlem church, has led everyone to believe her husband Luke abandoned her with their son. After Luke arrives unexpectedly, events unfold ...

Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet
3/22 - 4/8/2012


This tragedy tells the story of two “star-cross'd lovers” from feuding families. During a party, Romeo and Juliet fall in love. They meet secretly until ...

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
3/1 - 3/4/2012


After tumbling down a rabbit hole, Alice enters the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a ...

Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running
2/2 - 2/26/2012


The play takes place in the 1960s, in a Pittsburgh neighborhood. Focus is on the characters who hang out at Memphis Lee's coffee shop: a ...

The Meeting
The Meeting
1/26 - 2/5/2012


What would have happened if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X met and discussed their philosophies? This is the question that is explored ...

Last Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill


The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday's last performances, given ...

If Scrooge Was a Brother
If Scrooge Was a Brother
12/1 - 12/24/2011


The musical is an urban spin of A Christmas Carol. It tells of sour and stingy Eb Scroo's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the ...

Stories About the Old Days
Stories About the Old Days
11/3 - 11/13/2011


A former blues singer living in a decaying church in Detroit never ventures out into the world that rejected him. While playing checkers he and ...

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
11/10 - 11/13/2011


This play tells the story of the Peanuts gang. Lucy is infatuated with Schroeder. Linus loves his blanket. Snoopy lives in his imagination. Charlie Brown ...

Judas Hands
Judas Hands
10/13 - 10/30/2011


Set in the 1940s South, the drama tells the story of Goldie, a carpenter's helper who believes his talent at woodwork can save him and ...

The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
9/8 - 9/25/2011


This American classic is a story about eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove who wants nothing more than to be loved. Instead, she's abused. Blaming her dark skin, ...

Home
Home
9/1 - 9/11/2011


Cephus Miles abandons his farm after his childhood sweetheart leaves him. After he's released from jail for evading the Vietnam War, he heads North for ...

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
8/4 - 8/28/2011


Venues like The Cotton Club were swingin' to a new beat during the 1920s and ‘30s in Harlem. This musical pays tribute to Thomas “Fats” ...

Videos


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Orpheum Theatre Memphis (5/31 - 6/2)
Mamma Mia! in Memphis Mamma Mia!
Orpheum Theatre (7/16 - 7/21)
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity) in Memphis Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity)
The Orpheum (4/28 - 4/28)
Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God in Memphis Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
Playhouse on the Square (4/26 - 5/19)
Moulin Rouge! in Memphis Moulin Rouge!
Orpheum Theatre Memphis (10/29 - 11/3)
The Southern Literary Salon Series: The Bible of Barbara Kingsolver in Memphis The Southern Literary Salon Series: The Bible of Barbara Kingsolver
Tennessee Shakespeare Company (5/19 - 5/19)
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time in Memphis Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Germantown Community Theatre (4/12 - 4/28)
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