Jireh Breon Holder

Alliance Theatre Names Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses as New Artistic Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2023

After a national search, the Alliance Theatre Board of Directors has named Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses as Artistic Directors. 

Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth to Depart for Chicago's Goodman Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2022

After 21 years as the Alliance Theatre’s Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, Susan V. Booth will leave her role at the Alliance to join Chicago’s Goodman Theatre as Artistic Director.  Booth will finish her tenure by co-directing the regional premiere of the acclaimed play, Everybody, which begins previews September 2.

Clackamas Rep Kicks Off 16th Season With Three Staged Readings
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2020

Clackamas Repertory Theatre kicks off its 16th season with three staged readings: a?oeSlow Food,a?? February 23 at Singer Hill Cafe in Oregon City; a?oeToo Heavy for Your Pocket,a?? March 22 at Osterman Theatre; and a?oeKalamazoo,a?? May 3 at Singer Hill Cafe. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at www.ClackamasRep.org or by calling 503-594-6047. 

The Fire This Time Festival Comes To The Kraine Theater January 20-February 2
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2020

The Fire This Time Festival, the destination for early career and emerging playwrights from the African diaspora, announces its 2020 dates. The 14-day festival, presented in collaboration with FRIGID New York, which annually honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will take place from January 20 to February 2, 2020. This year, seven commissioned dramatists will be presented in repertoire as part of the annual celebration held at the Kraine Theater in the East Village.

Review: TOO HEAVY FOR MY POCKET Reflects the Belief a Better Future was Possible in 1961
by Shari Barrett - Feb 24, 2019

I had several reasons for wanting to see the West Coast Premiere of Jireh Breon Holder's TOO HEAVY FOR MY POCKET, produced by Scott Golden for Sacred Fools Theater Company, brilliantly directed by the talented Michael A. Shepperd, Artistic Director of Los Angeles' award-winning Celebration Theatre. I knew he would honor this delicate story of aspiration and familial love centering on two African-American couples struggling to find their way in a year filled with the promise of a better future for everyone, taking place at the height of the Civil Rights Movement when Freedom Fighters took to the road in buses to battle justice in the Deep South, firmly believing that equal rights for all people deserved to be the law of the land. And that boys will be boys and women will always forgive them their trespasses when babies are part of the equation by speaking out for equality in their own lives and homes.

14th Annual Suzi Awards Gala Announced At The Conant Performing Arts Center 
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 31, 2018

Atlanta professional theatre artists, producers and patrons gather to celebrate the 2017-2018 season of plays and musicals at the 14th Annual Suzi Bass Awards on Monday, November 5, 2018, at 7pm, doors open at 6pm.  The event is being held at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30319.

Vineyard Theatre Lines Up Alan Cumming, Ngozi Anyanwu, Margot Bordelon, and More in Upcoming Season
by Julie Musbach - Jun 27, 2018

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern have announced the upcoming 2018-2019 Season.

Fire This Time Festival In Association With Frigid New York Presents New Works Lab
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2018

The Obie-award winning The Fire This Time Festival (http://www.firethistimefestival.com/), in association with Frigid New York @ Horse Trade, is presenting readings of three plays and a screenplay that were developed in its New Works Lab, and they will be held over two days: Thursday May 3, and May 4, 2018, at the Sheen Center in Studio B, located at 18 Bleecker St (between Mott St. and Elizabeth St.) in New York City.  

Liberation Theatre And Blackboard Plays To Premiere New Work By Liz Morgan, Camille Darby And More As A Part Of The Cell's Third Annual C-MORE Festival
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2018

the cell (Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian, Artistic Director Kira Simring) in Chelsea, New York City has partnered with Liberation Theatre Company and Blackboard Plays to produce five new play readings as a part of the cell's annual C-MORE Festival.

Photo Flash: First Look at Roundabout Underground's BOBBIE CLEARLY
by Julie Musbach - Feb 23, 2018

Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present Bobbie Clearly, by Alex Lubischer, directed by Will Davis. This is the second play in Roundabout Underground's expanded two-play season, following Too Heavy for Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder this fall.

New Works by Calamity West, Daniel Zaitchik and More Set for Roundabout Underground Reading Series
by BWW News Desk - Dec 15, 2017

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the seventh annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a five-night event that includes nightly readings of new works written and directed by emerging artists, as well as post-show receptions. The Reading Series will feature new works by Selina Fillinger, Harrison David Rivers, Korde Arrington Tuttle, Calamity West and Daniel Zaitchik.

Mark Blum, Debra Monk and More Join Jamie Brewer in Roundabout's AMY AND THE ORPHANS; Cast Complete!
by BWW News Desk - Nov 16, 2017

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast of the world-premiere production Amy and the Orphans, by Roundabout Underground alumna Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone), with direction by eight-time Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, On the Twentieth Century).