5th Annual JAGfest Presents An Evening Of Radio Plays On Love!
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 29, 2021
Every winter JAG Productions invites 30-50 artists to the snowy mountains of Vermont to develop full-length plays at their new works festival of Black Theatre, JAGfest. They put up 5 companies of early-career theatre-makers in cozy dwellings for one week to support the development of audacious and alluring works that illuminate black life and black aesthetics.
Broadway's Black Voices of the Future Concert Streams Tonight
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 25, 2021
Broadway’s Black Voices of the Future, a concert featuring the works of emerging Black artists, will premiere tonight, January 25. This special virtual concert will be produced by John Znidarsic and Zhailon Levingston.
Fountain Theatre Streams 12-Part THE GAZE...NO HOMO
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Nov 16, 2020
The Gaze... No Homo will begin streaming on Friday, Nov. 20, with episodes four, five and six going online Friday, Nov. 27; episodes seven, eight and nine on Friday, Dec. 4; and the final three episodes becoming available on Friday, Dec. 11.
The Fire This Time Festival Presents Inaugural Alumni Spotlight: Roger Q. Mason
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 11, 2020
The Obie Award winning The Fire This Time Festival (TFTT), in collaboration with FRIGID New York, launches its inaugural Alumni Spotlight through a virtual presentation of four performance works written by award-winning queer African-American playwright/performer Roger Q. Mason (he/they) during their time as a resident of TFTT or shortly thereafter.
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).
New Light Theater Project Announces Free Virtual Events This October
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 13, 2020
New Light Theater Project has announced an array of free virtual events this October that range from new work to radio dramas to panel discussions. Kicking off the virtual season is a presentation of songs from a new musical in development, METROPOLIS an Afrofuturist Musical, written by AriDy Nox and Brandon Webster, directed by Zhailon Levingston.
Kamilah Forbes, Camille A. Brown, Keith Josef Adkins and More Join A CALL FOR REVOLUTIONARY THEATRE 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 13, 2020
A Call for Revolutionary Theatre 2020 articles will be released every weekday for 10 days, October 19-30, 2020, on BTC's website at www.blacktheatrecommons.org. Writers include Andy Jean, Awoye Timpo, Camille A. Brown, Candace L. Feldman, Charlique C. Rolle, Claudia Alick, Harold Steward, Jamil Jude, Kamilah Forbes, and more.
Antonio Cipriano and Basit Shittu Lead New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 2, 2020
New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its New Works Series on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 at 7PM EDT, featuring excerpts from the new musicals Salem and Shapeshifters: A Queer Comic Book Musical. The live 45-minute presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers and creative team.
Cody Renard Richard and Broadway Advocacy Coalition Launch The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Sep 15, 2020
Veteran stage manager Cody Renard Richard (Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme), in partnership with the Advocacy Coalition, announced The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program to honor, uplift, and support the next generation of Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) theatre-makers working behind the scenes.
National Black Theatre Announces Fall Programming For Its 52nd Season
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 3, 2020
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre (NBT) announces Fall 2020 programming for its 52nd Season, a?oeNBT Beyond Walls: Building The Future Now!a?? In response to the devastating impact of COVID-19, this season's fall line-up is composed of a series of original commissioned and digitally devised theatrical works that builds upon founder and CEO Emerita Dr. Teer's a?oeA Letter to The Future.a??
New Ohio Theatre's Ice Factory Festival Opens Tonight
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 24, 2020
New Ohio Theatre's 27th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival opens tonight. The festival will be live-streamed online for the first time, and will feature four new works over four weeks, July 24 - August 15, 2020.
Ice Factory Festival At New Ohio Theatre Goes Digital
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 8, 2020
New Ohio Theatre has announced that the 27th annual Obie Award-winning Ice Factory Festival will be live-streamed online for the first time, and will feature four new works over four weeks, July 24 - August 15, 2020.
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