Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Upcoming: Looking in the Wrong Direction by Bianca Emery, BE Productions at the Dougherty Arts Center, August 11
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Death of Paul Riddle, Jr., Co-Founder of San Antonio's Renaissance Guild Theatre
The Renaissance Guild is saddened to announce that Paul Riddle, Jr., president & co-founder of San Antonio's premiere Black theatre company, passed away suddenly on Friday, April 20.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Upcoming: In Preparation for Eden by Roger Reese, ProArts Collective, April 19 and 20
presents a staged reading of
In Preparation of Eden
by Roger Reeves
April 19 and 20, 8 p.m.
Rollins Theatre, Long Center, South First at Riverside
General admission $22 + $4.50 fee; students with ID $7 + $2.50 fee
PURCHASE TICKETS via Long Center box office
Quincy Thompson wants nothing more than to have a quiet dinner with his family. However, a visit from Charlie Pay-Day, a hustler and unintentional comedian, quickly thwarts Quincy’s plans, and with Charlie’s disruption comes the unraveling of a family that began over one hundred years before that date. Set in Austin, Texas at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, In Preparation of Eden is a story of a family struggling against modernity, the criminal justice system, and the spiritual and psychic upheaval that is the 1960s.
Based on a true story, In Preparation of Eden is a result of the playwright's research into the history, people, and lore of Central East Austin. As revealed through a series of interviews of long-time residents. The play features a sprinkling of names and places once familiar in the area now designated as Austin's African American Cultural Heritage District.
After lengthy development and a series of table readings, this engaging work takes its next step toward full production on Thursday and Friday, April 19 & 20, 8 p.m. at The Rollins Studio Theater at the Long Center for Performing Arts. A staged reading with a cast of seven includes award-winning performers Angela Bennet, Feliz McDonald and Janis Stinson is directed by Stephen Gerald of UT's Theatre and Dance Faculty.
Playwright Reeves is a Cave Canem Fellow who earned an undergraduate degree at Morehouse College and an MFA at the James A. Michener Center for Writers.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Upcoming: Looking in the Wrong Direction, an inspirational gospel play, BE Productions at the Dougherty Arts Center, April 6 and 7
presents
Looking in The Wrong Direction
by Bianca Emery
April 6 and 7, 7:30 p.m.
Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road (click for map)
Tickets $20 available via BE Entertainment website
or telephone 1-800-917-8024
When You Take Your Eyes Off Of God and Focus On Other Things You Begin to Start Looking in the Wrong Direction. That is the pivotal message that comes from the New & Exciting Gospel & Inspirational Stage Play Looking in the Wrong Direction, Co-Produced by BE Entertainment & Productions & Beacon Multi-Media Entertainment and Productions. As well as Written and Directed by Bianca Emery. Comedy and Drama is the perfect combination for Entertainment. This is a play that you don't want to miss.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Upcoming: Having Our Say - the Delaney Sisters' First 100 Years, George Washington Carver Center, February 3 - 5
Found on-line:
JR Cumberbatch Productions in cooperation with the George Washington Carver Museum and The SANDE Youth Project presents
Having Our Say
by Emily Mann
adapted from the book
by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
February 3 at 7 p.m. (red carpet, photos and social hour 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.)
February 4 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
February 5 College Student Delany Day in celebration of Black History Month (for college students ONLY) - 1:30 pm
February 5 Evening Performance & Post Performance Dinner for Bishop Delany's Birthday - 6 pm (*Must show ticket receipt for admittance*)
Tickets on-line via Eventbrite: $32.64 general admission, $16.82 for students, $48.47 for closing performance and dinncer
Join us for a sit down with Sadie and Bessie, the unparalleled Delany sisters, whose poignant outlook on a transforming American landscape offers a testament to legacy and community. You'll leave the theater having had an intimate encounter with wisdom.
Adapted by multi-award-winning playwright and McCarter Artistic Director Emily Mann from the best-selling book by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, Having Our Say received 3 Tony nominations in 1995 and has since been produced internationally to critical acclaim. The play was turned into a television movie starring Diahann Carroll and Ruby Dee, earning a Peabody Award for Excellence in Television and a NAACP Image Award nomination.
Join acclaimed local actresses Jennifer Cumberbatch, Carla Nickerson and director Jamee Kennedy as they take you on a historical journey revealing truths about Jim Crowe, Civil Rights and cultural resiliency.
Sunday evening dinner includes - chicken & gravy, sweet potato souffle, mac & cheese, broccoli, and pound cake
SPONSORS: University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement; Cumberbatch & Associations; Dr. Sylvia Rousseau; Julie Rousseau; Joseph Hawkins - A New Thing; Justin & Vanessa Belk; Justin Adams
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Upcoming: The Black Nativity, Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, December 9 - 11
Found on-line:
presents
Black Nativity
by Langston Hughes
directed by Danielle King
December 9-11, 2011 -- 3 performances only!
The Renaissance Guild with The Carver Community Cultural Center
at The Carver Community Cultural Center - Jo Long Theatre, 226 N. Hackberry, San Antonio, Texas, 78202
Friday, Dec 9 and Saturday, Dec 10, 8 pm; Sunday Matinee, Dec 11, 4 pm
Tickets: $21 - For more information contact The Carver (210) 207-2234, visit our website or call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000
The Renaissance Guild and The Carver Community Cultural Center present their annual production of the hit Gospel Song Play Black Nativity - a retelling of the Christmas story with a predominately black cast, with narrative, dance, gospel songs and folk spirituals, a unique creation of the prolific poet and playwright Langston Hughes.
Cast:
Speaking Roles: Male Narrator #1~Garfield Swaby, Female Narrator #1~Ella Nathaniel, Joseph~Gabriel O. Ume II, Mary~Maddison Krueger, Inn Keeper~Vianne McKinney, Angel #1~Scharlett Donald, Angel #2~TBA, Angel #3~Evonne Nathaniel, Angel #4~Tori Foutz, Old Woman~Beverly Hurston, Woman #1~Katrina Webber, Female Narrator #2~LaSandra Dolberry, Male Narrator #2~Thomas Givens, Shepherd #1~ Garfield Swaby, Shepherd #2~Harlon Ume, Shepherd #3~Isaiah Cosey, Shepherd #4~Blake Willeford, Shepher#5 Dewitt Walker, Female Narrator #3~KC Onwuchekwa. Male Narrator #3~Andrew Johnson, King #1~Robert Young, King #2~Edward Burkley, King #3~Kenny Patterson, Elder~Kevin Majors, First Lady~TBA, Youth Choir Director~Anitra Little, Youth Song Leader(s)~TBA, Church Woman ~Shaundra Lamkin
Praise Dancers: Anthony Hall, Jr., Aishiana Thomas, Cathy Maduro,Courtney Hansford, Jamiza Manous, Oletha Vicks and S'Keyah Mackey, TBA
Ensemble: Aaliyah Frazier, Andres Miles, Ayanna Milbry, Allonia Nathaniel, Anquinette Thomas, Briana Foster, David Gibson, Deandre Alexander, Ella Edwards, Gwen Page, Jamizia Manous, Jessica Givens, Lindsay White, Marcus McPeters, Michelle M. Willingham, Renee Brooks, Sherrie Wilson, Stephanie Bankston, Tamika D. Davis, Tori Foutz and Veloria Turner, TBA
Director: Danielle King; Asst. Director: Sharon Lisa Smith
Monday, November 28, 2011
Upcoming: Miss Evers' Boys by David Feldshuh, Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, February 10 - 26
Found at the Renaissance Guild website:
presents
Miss Evers' Boys
by David Feldshuh
directed by Antoinette Winstead
February 10 - 26, performance dates and times to be announced
Little Carver Civic Center, 226 N. Hackberry Street, San Antonio (click for map)
In an effort to get medical help for Alabama tenant farmers, their nurse, Miss Evers, convinces them to join a government study to treat venereal disease. When the money runs out, Nurse Evers is faced with a difficult decision: to tell the men that they are no longer being treated and that they are now part of a research study to see what untreated syphilis will do to them, or follow the lead of the doctor she respects and the tenets of the nursing profession.
CAST
Eunice Evers ~ Vanessa White
Dr. Eugene Brodus ~ John Martin Fitzhugh
Dr. Dr. John Douglas ~ Michael Burger
Willie Johnson ~ Edward Lawrence Burkley IV
Caleb Humphries ~ Charles Riley
Hodman Bryan ~ Russell B. Jordan Jr.
Kevin Majors ~ Ben Washington
Clifford Ross ~ US Ben Washington & Caleb Humphries
Nurse Evers follows the advice of her advisors, and with the understanding that the study can help thousands more, she does not tell the men they are no longer receiving medication. She does this with the assurance that as soon as medication becomes available, her men will be the first to receive it. But after fourteen years of caring for her patients as if they were family, when medication is finally available, it is denied to her study group. Nurse Evers, devastated at the news and starting to watch her men die, can no longer keep silent.
Shunned for her silence of fourteen years, Nurse Evers holds her head up and explains the reasons and emotions that kept her in the study and kept her caring for her men. Some of them forgive her, others do not, as Nurse Evers tries to put back a world broken by prejudice, disease, time and trust.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Upcoming: My Tidy List of Terrors by Jonathan Norton, Texas State University, September 18
Found on line:
Texas State University
Black and Latino Playwrights' Conference
presents
MY TIDY LIST OF TERRORS
by Jonathan Norton
directed by Melissa Maxwell
September 18, 2 p.m.
Atlanta Georgia, 1980. The city is caught in the middle of the two-year long Atlanta Child Murders tragedy. Vara Johnson, a resident of Bowen Homes Housing Projects, believes she found a refuge for her twelve year old son Ishmael. She takes a job as a live-in maid and cook for a wealthy family in Collier Heights, the first African American suburb in the nation. But their welcome is jeopardized when Ishmael reveals more about himself than he should. Suspicion grows and questions arise. Why is Vara so cryptic? What does Ishmael know? Is he somehow connected to the other murdered children? Is Ishmael next? Are the neighborhood kids at risk? Placed under the microscope, Vara finds herself even more fearful. Not only for her Ishmael’s safety, but of the people next door, across the street, down the road…. and in the next room.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Auditions for When Hip Hop Lost Its Soul, Austin Black Theatre, May 1
Found on-line:
announces auditions for
When Hip Hop Lost Its Soul: The Struggle to Liberate a Generation
Sunday, May 1 from 2pm-5pm
(Performances June 2011)
Rehearsals: 10-12 rehearsals, over a 2-3 week span
Khabele School, 801 Rio Grande Street (click for map)
Play Synopsis: Consist mainly of monologues dealing with the dehumanization that took place during American Slavery paralleled with the self destruction of today's Hip Hop generation.
Needed: Numerous African-American Men, ages 16 and up
Numerous African -American Women, ages 16 and up
One African-American boy or girl ages 10-13
one or two Caucasian Men, age 25 and up
Please call or email to be added to the list, OR if you can’t make audition but are interested thais@thesoulmovement.org 225.772.1281
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Upcoming: Dealing with Daddy's Devils, SAS Productions at the Boyd Vance Theatre, March 26 - 27
Found on-line:
Sight Ain't Seeing Productions
presents
Dealing with Daddy's Devils
written, produced and directed
by Jeanette W. Hill
March 26, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., March 27, 4 p.m.
Boyd Vance Theatre, George Washington Carver Center, 1165 Angelina (click for map)
The death of Lloyd Butler brings an end to the public pretense of his family. Years of emotional and physical abuse are now manifested in self-destructive and explosive ways in his adult children. Forced to deal with the problems of their past, failing faith, and questionable futures each will need to find his or her own way of Dealing with Daddy's Devils...
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