Photos: Take a Look Back at The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look
The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look was a free, two-day festival, providing a preview of new plays in development.
Take a look back at the readings and talkbacks from The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look, presented on January 26-27, 2024 at Ford's Theatre!
See photos below!
The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look was a free, two-day festival, providing a preview of new plays in development, with opportunities for expanded conversations around the work. This year’s festival marked a follow-through on our commitment to BIPOC artists, with readings of the remaining works of our inaugural class of commissions. We also shared the first reading from our second cohort. With A First Look, Ford’s gives audiences an unparalleled inside peek at the process and voices that shaped these works.
Readings included A Designer of Note, A Woman of Style by Charlayne Woodard, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, about the life of fashion designer Ann Lowe; SISTER X by Nambi E. Kelley, directed by Hana S. Sharif, about a young mother’s quest to share her life’s challenges with Malcolm X; and The American Five by Chess Jakobs, directed by Aaron Posner, which explores the five giants behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech and the March on Washington.
Senior Artistic Advisor Sheldon Epps, Director of Artistic Programming José Carrasquillo and The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions Advisor Sydné Mahone lead the initiative.
Photo credit: Carolina Dulcey, Andrew Buchsbaum and Rachel Flannery
John Floyd, Jay Frisby, Fatima Quander and Noah Keyishian
Kim Bey, Yoni Bronstein, John Floyd, Jay Frisby, Fatima Quander and Noah Keyishian
Aaron Posner, Chess Jakobs and Jos Carrasquillo
Sydney Mahone, Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Charlayne Woodard and Sheldon Epps
Sydne Mahone, Hana S. Sharif, Nambi E. Kelley and Erika Scott
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Macbeth Three Notch Theatre (8/06-8/15) |
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Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (12/04-12/23) |
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Body Language The Allan Lefcowitz Theater at The Writer's Center (9/25-9/27) PHOTOS |
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Grand Kyiv Ballet presents "The Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (11/18-11/18) |
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Hairspray Hylton Performing Arts Center (9/18-9/27) |
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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Wolf Trap (8/14-8/14) |
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Commedia Christmas Carol (2024) Streaming Traveling Players Ensemble (12/23-12/23) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Fences" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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Measure for Measure Folger Shakespeare Library (9/22-11/01) |