Ailema Sousa

Photos: First Look at FORT HUACHA and BLOODSHOT at SheArts NYC
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2023

SheNYC Arts presents two plays running in rep, September 23 to October 14, by Festival alumni writers at A.R.T/NY Mezzanine Theater. Fort Huachuca will open on Thursday, September 28th and Bloodshot on Friday, September 29th. Check out photos from both plays here!

Cast Set For SheNYC Arts' FORT HUACHUCA and BLOODSHOT
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2023

SheNYC Arts has announced complete casting for the two plays running in rep, September 23 to October 14, by Festival alumni writers at A.R.T/NY Mezzanine Theatre. The plays are Fort Huachuca and Bloodshot.

SheNYC Arts Will Produce FORT HUACHUCA and BLOODSHOT Off-Broadway This Fall
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2023

SheNYC Arts, an organization devoted to producing plays, musicals, and adaptations by writers of marginalized genders and who produces summer theater festivals of work by women/trans writers in NYC, LA, and Atlanta,  will be producing an off-Broadway run of two shows by Festival alumni writers.

BWW Review: FORT HUACHUCA at the Zephyr Theatre
by Tracey Paleo - Jul 27, 2021

Denied membership in the American Red Cross during WWII, 180 black women of the 32nd and 33rd WAAC companies were reluctantly accepted into the Army, assumed their duties at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and went on to contribute an important chapter to America's history.

BWW Interview: Playwright Ailema Sousa Charging On FORT HUACHUCA With SheLA
by Gil Kaan - Jul 13, 2021

Ailema Sousa’s FORT HUACHUCA will be presented live on stage at the Zephyr Theater July 14th and 16th as part of the 2021 SheLA Summer Theater Festival. Fans of SheLA will have seen an online version of FORT HUACHUCA last year as part of their virtual 2020 SheLA Summer Theater Festival. Ailema found some time between her rehearsals to answer a few of my inquiries. 

SheLA Arts Announces 2021 Summer Theater Festival Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2021

SheLA Arts has announced their lineup for the 2021 SheLA Summer Theater Festival. The Festival will run from July 12-18, 2021, at Hollywood's Zephyr Theatre with a hybrid in-person and digital audience. SheLA Arts is a program of SheNYC Arts, the country's premier program for showcasing up-and-coming women writers and composers.

SheNYC Announces Global Digital Festival Of Shows By Women
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2020

SheNYC Arts has announced that their 2020 Summer Theater Festivals in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta will move to an online format.

SheNYC Arts Launches Digital Format For 2020 Summer Theater Festivals Across The U.S.
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2020

SheNYC Arts, the country's premiere program for showcasing up-and-coming women writers and composers, has announced that their 2020 Summer Theater Festivals in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta will move to an online format.

The OMR Theatre Presents FORT HUACHUCA: African American Nurses & The Second World War
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2018

World War II. Arizona. African American nurses arrive on an army base camp. Join Mayvee, Marjorie, Georgia, Elinor, and Thelma on their journey as they face the biggest challenge of their lives. Inequality, growing racial tension and a society that does not acknowledge their efforts, when all they want is to fight for their country. FORT HUACHUCA opens June 2nd as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival at the The Complex Hollywood - 6468 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038.

Ailema Sousa, Ashlee Jones, Charles Nkrumah Jr. to Star in FORT HUACHUCA
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2018

Coming to the Hollywood Fringe Festival is a new groundbreaking World War II-themed play directed by Amen Igbinosun entitled, Fort Huachuca.