Affirmation Theatre Company's Pro Black One Acts Summer Festival. at Affirmation Theatre Company

Affirmation Theatre Company Celebrates Black artists and stories with their "Pro Black One Acts Summer Festival" Live in Manhattan!
Pro Black One Acts celebrates the rich culture that is Black history, featuring plays with dynamic Black protagonists between the dates Friday, July 29th and Sunday, July 31st!Affirmation Theatre Company is back with their Black History Celebration: Pro Black One Acts Summer Festival. Join us live as we hold space for and explore Blackness within the African diaspora through four diverse plays by emerging Black playwrights.

Featuring: Raising Junior by Cris Eli Blak, Black Magic For Reals by Monique C. Aldred, How Dare You! by Kendra Augustin, and Banana Pudding by Milu Ellis.

How Dare You! Written by Kendra Augustin. Directed by Mecca Mcdonald. Cast: Onyx spri and David Bell. A couple, six months into their relationship, play a game to figure out if their romance is worth sticking with.

Raising Junior Written by Cris Eli Blak. Directed by Dontaé Hawkins. Cast: Caleb Grandoit, Hekima Humphries, and Kellie Williams.During his mother's funeral, a young man is approached by his absent father, who has come to try to resolve the problems of the past, but some wounds are not easily healed.

Black Magic For Reals by Monique C. Aldred. Directed by Léoh and Epiphany Samuels. Cast: Vivette Alston, D'Asia Brunson, G Mama Lee, and Brandon Weber.Black Magic for Reals is a story of two witchy sisters: level-headed, practical Acacia, and stubborn, rebellious Zafira. After yet another of Zafira's magical experiments backfires, the sisters decide to join forces. They work to re-create a powerful spell, but can they stop bickering long enough to pull it off?

Banana Pudding by Milu Ellis. Directed by Milu Ellis. Cast: Julie Bausivoir, Tyquanda Johnson and HunyBunzz. Three generations contend with the stifling expectations Black women are socially conditioned to embrace in response to trauma. Deconstructing mechanisms of complacency, Banana Pudding is a short play about familial growth through collaborative healing.

Pro Black One Acts will be live at Wow Cafe Theater in Manhattan, New York. The shows will take place on Friday, July 29th at 7 pm, Saturday, July 30th at 2 pm and 7 pm, and Sunday, July 31st at 7 pm.

Reserve your tickets available on Eventbrite. General admission tickets are $10.00 minimum. In the spirit of community, Black folk can reserve tickets for $5.00! Reserve Tickets Here! https://tinyurl.com/pboasummer

Affirmation Theatre Company was founded in the Summer of 2017 by then undergraduate students Epiphany Samuels and Danielle Covington at NYU Tisch School of the Arts after dealing with an extreme amount of racism on campus and within the theatrical industry. As Black fems, they were inspired to create an artistic space of their own that celebrated diversity and inclusivity. "Affirmation Theatre Company strives to provide a brave and inclusive community for artists to celebrate and affirm diversity by bringing empowering stories to viewers ready to embrace a change in the status quo". Under the artistic direction of Epiphany Samuels, Pro Blacks One Acts 2022 is produced by Samuels, Mickalia Forrester-Ewen, and Alex Ramirez. With special thanks to the rest of the Affirmation team.This will be Affirmations last production for the foreseeable future. Hopeful one day Affirmation will be back and better than ever. For now come and see Pro Black One Acts Summer.

This project is supported, in part, by public funds for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Follow us on social for updates in real-time. Find us on Instagram @affirmationtheatre Find us on Facebook: Affirmation Theatre CompanyDisclaimer: "This program is not a production of Wow Cafe Theater