John Sloan III News

Mellon Foundation has awarded five hundred thousand dollars to Blackboard Plays Founder, Garlia Cornelia Jones, and Obsidian Theater Festival Producing Artistic Director John Sloan III in support of the Propulsion Theatre Project (PTP), a partnership project dedicated to creating work that amplifies the ecosystem of theater in Detroit.

The lineup has unveiled the line-up for the 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival, taking place at 3 different locations in downtown Detroit. Learn more about the festival!

One Sleepy Night - Detroit: Experience a Christmas musical with a Detroit vibe in this holiday production by Hart Entertainment.

One Sleepy Night - Detroit will make its theatrical debut with an emphasis on what makes Detroit so special - the people, the culture, and the resilient hope and love that we share with one another. Get ticket and event information here!

Be part of a Christmas musical experience like no other! Audition for 'One Sleepy Night - Detroit' on September 23, 2023. Bring Christmas magic to life in this heartwarming story.

Ghostlight Productions and Nicely Theatre Group are partnering once again, for the 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival.  After three successful years , Obsidian's live and virtual offerings are back, building upon their success with another annual season.

PUBLIC SQUARE 2.0 features engaging conversations, video interviews, and performances from myriad Public Theater artists and staff as well as industry leaders. Listen to all 16 Season 2 episodes here!

The Obsidian Theatre Festival has announced casting for the 3rd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival, taking place at 3 different locations in downtown Detroit. 

The Obsidian Theatre Festival has announced the line-up for the 3rd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival, taking place at 3 different locations in downtown Detroit. 

FIM Flint Repertory Theatre presents its 2023 New Works Festival April 28-30. The three-day event features staged readings of new plays. Audience members get to experience these works before anyone else and meet the artists working to bring the future of American theatre to life.

Ghostlight Productions and Nicely Theatre Group are partnering  once again, for the 3rd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival.  After two successful years , Obsidian’s  live and virtual offerings are back, with an expanded team.

Detroit Public Theatre has announced its Third Avenue Garage residencies and partnerships for 2022-2023.

Ghostlight Productions and Nicely Theatre Group are partnering  once again, for the 2nd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival. 

Ghostlight Productions and Nicely Theatre Group are partnering  once again, for the 2nd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival.  After a successful inaugural year in the middle of a global pandemic, Obsidian is back and will include live and virtual offerings.

Sloan’s Ghostlight Productions announced that they are partnering with BroadwayHD to bring the inaugural Obsidian Festival to viewers for free via the streaming service’s YouTube channel.  The Obsidian Theatre Festival is a virtual theatre and performing arts event featuring emerging Black artists, actors, directors, and playwrights from Detroit.

Ghostlight Productions and Nicely Theatre Group today announced the inaugural Obsidian Theatre Festival, a virtual theatre and performing arts event featuring emerging Black artists, actors, directors, and playwrights from Detroit that will take place March 25-27.

Michigan's only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit's past. The play, Hastings Street, is a work in progress set in 1949 at the cusp of the order to tear down Black Bottom, the segregated Black community that was once where I-75 is now.

The stars come out for DHT's Show Boat! Diamond Head Theatre is proud to present a simply stellar cast for its upcoming production of Show Boat. DHT has secured the very talented opera singer Lea Woods Almanza to play 'Magnolia Hawks'-plus direct from Honolulu's run of Disney's The Lion King, John Sloan III who will be playing the unforgettable 'Joe' and performing the classic 'Ol' Man River'! The show also features Anthony Feliciano as 'Gaylord Ravenal' joined by Fedrico Biven as 'Captain Andy Hawks,' Lisa Konove as 'Parthy Ann Hawks,' Tricia Marciel as 'Julie LaVerne,' and Alison L.B. Maldonado as 'Queenie.' Scroll down for a first look at the cast!

The stars come out for DHT's Show Boat! Diamond Head Theatre is proud to present a simply stellar cast for its upcoming production of Show Boat. DHT has secured the very talented opera singer Lea Woods Almanza to play 'Magnolia Hawks'-plus direct from Honolulu's run of Disney's The Lion King, John Sloan III who will be playing the unforgettable 'Joe' and performing the classic 'Ol' Man River'! The show also features Anthony Feliciano as 'Gaylord Ravenal' joined by Fedrico Biven as 'Captain Andy Hawks,' Lisa Konove as 'Parthy Ann Hawks,' Tricia Marciel as 'Julie LaVerne,' and Alison L.B. Maldonado as 'Queenie.' Scroll down for a first look at the cast!