Primary Stages to Present The 2025 Fresh Ink Reading Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2025
PRIMARY STAGES has revealed programming for the 2025 Fresh Ink Reading Series, the first opportunity to hear brand new plays from the playwrights in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. Learn more and see how to attend.
Primary Stages Unveils 2024/2025 Cohorts of Writers Groups
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2024
PRIMARY STAGES has revealed the 2024/2025 cohorts of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group and the Echoes Writers Group. Learn more about the groups and about the plays the have been produced.
Actor's Workshop and Repertory Company to Present HANDS UP! in October
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 25, 2022
The Actor’s Workshop & Repertory Co. will present HANDS UP! The New Black Fest’s Hands Up! 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments on Friday, October 7, Saturday 8 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 9 at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 14, Saturday, 15 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m.
New Black Fest at the Apollo to Launch This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 18, 2022
This month marks the launch of New Black Fest at the Apollo, a festival celebrating contemporary Black playwrights from across the nation. On April 22, 23, and 25 at 7pm, audiences will have the opportunity to see original works by 18 playwrights, each commissioned by the Apollo and New Black Fest co-founder Keith Josef Adkins.
National Black Theatre Announces 2021/2022 Season Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2021
The new season includes three New York Premieres and two brand new digital commissions, as they continue to roll out culturally centered programs throughout 2021. In addition, NBT is announcing the fifth Soul Producing Resident, Jordan Flemming, who will be in residence at NBT during this upcoming season.
HANDS UP: 7 PLAYWRIGHTS, 7 TESTAMENTS Radio Play to be Presented by National Black Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2021
This August, the historic National Black Theatre will premiere a powerful production that was first introduced in 2015 following a series of state violence that plagued America, as a radio play. HANDS UP: 7 PLAYWRIGHTS, 7 TESTAMENTS will have its radio play American premiere directed by Jonathan McCrory, NBT’s Executive Artistic Director.
Actor's Rep to Bring Live Dramas to Your Home
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2021
Actor's Rep will debut this year's showcase production online, featuring up and coming and seasoned actors in a series of dramatic and comic performances on June 26.
Three Bone Theatre Responds to this Moment with HANDS UP
by Perry Tannenbaum - Nov 22, 2020
As relevant and compelling as it was back in 2014 in responding to Michael Brown, HANDS UP is a perfect way for Three Bone Theatre to return to the Charlotte scene, more activist and more woke.
National Black Theatre Announces Cast of New Radio Play, RETREAT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2020
National Black Theatre has officially announced the cast, creative team, and ticket sales date for the institution's first produced radio play, Retreat, written by NBT I AM SOUL Playwright Resident Tracey Conyer Lee (Rabbit Summer) and directed by Zhailon Levingston (Neptune; Dixon Place and The Brooklyn Museum).