The Philly Urban Theater Festival (PUTF) kicked off its inaugural season at the Adrienne Theater in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and featured 14 theatrical works written by Kash Goins (VI Degrees and VII Deadly Sins), Tiffany Joyner (Apologies are for The Living), Race Brown (Cold), Briana Cannon (The Gentle Cycle of Dirty Laundry), Kareem Rogers (Twice Loved), Donja R. Love (The Nigga Files), Shenille Melton (When the Smoke Cleared), Cheril N. Clarke (Intimate Chaos), Jamila Capitman and Heather Thomas (Love Queens Who Suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Lee Colston (Roost), Karen Waller-Martin (Director of the only non-original piece in the festival, The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe), Tiffany Wilson (Shaking the Truth Loose), and Andre N. Jones (Verbalized Ink).
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and James Baldwin. There was once a time that these were the names to roll easily off of the tongue when considering the contemporary African-American playwright.
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2010-2011 season with LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA, written by Paul Mullin and directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler. The production will run September 10 - October 24, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells Ave, Chicago. Previews will cost $15. A regular run will cost $25 on Thursdays and $30 Friday to Sunday. For more information contact (312) 943-8722 or visit www.aredorchidtheatre.org.
A Red Orchid Theatre continues its 2010-2011 Season with The Iliad, adapted from Robert Fagles' translation by Craig Wright and directed by Steve Wilson. The production will run November 12 - December 19, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
The Whole Backstage Theatre in Guntersville presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND from July 23rd to the 31st. This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. It is a story of life, pain, love, grief, faith, and hope.
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and James Baldwin. There was once a time that these were the names to roll easily off of the tongue when considering the contemporary African-American playwright.
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
The Whole Backstage Theatre in Guntersville presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND from July 23rd to the 31st. This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. It is a story of life, pain, love, grief, faith, and hope.
The Whole Backstage Theatre in Guntersville presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND from July 23rd to the 31st. This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. It is a story of life, pain, love, grief, faith, and hope.
A Red Orchid Theatre opens its 2010-2011 season with LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA, written by Paul Mullin and directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler. The production will run September 10 - October 24, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells Ave, Chicago. Previews will cost $15. A regular run will cost $25 on Thursdays and $30 Friday to Sunday. For more information contact (312) 943-8722 or visit www.aredorchidtheatre.org.
A Red Orchid proudly announces its 2010-2011 season, featuring the Midwest Premieres of Paul Mullin's Louis Slotin Sonata, directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler, and Enda Walsh's The New Electric Ballroom, directed by Robin Witt.
A Red Orchid Theatre will close the second extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West and Ryan Bollettino on May 23.
A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald announces the extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Danny McCarthy, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West. The hit production now runs through April 25, 2010, at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald announces the extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Danny McCarthy, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West. The hit production now runs through April 25, 2010, at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald announces the record, second extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West and Ryan Bollettino. The smash-hit production now runs through May 23, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald announces the extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Danny McCarthy, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West. The hit production now runs through April 25, 2010, at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Director Kirsten Fitzgerald announces the extension of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party, directed by Shade Murray and featuring A Red Orchid Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, Danny McCarthy, Mierka Girten and Larry Grimm, with Natalie West. The hit production now runs through April 25, 2010, at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells.
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