Quick Silver Theatre Co Announces Citizen One Reading Series

Quick Silver Theater Company will present staged readings of new works by emerging playwrights of color. QST's Playwrights of Color Summit is a week-long residency that allows previously unproduced playwrights an opportunity to work exclusively on their plays. These plays were submitted to QST as part of our POC Summit's call for new works. QST will be presenting its series in partnership with Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Citizen One Reading Series
Reading Dates: Friday-November 10th & Saturday-November 11th, 2017 Each staged reading will be followed by a talk-back or QST Conversation. Admission $10
Seating is Limited-Reservations encouraged
Ticketing: www.artful.ly/quick-silver-theater-company
Ensemble Studio Theater
545 West 52nd Street 6th Floor
New York, New York 10019

WHAT. Friday night November 10th at 7 pm By Kamilah Bush, directed by Rachel Leslie

The story of a woman who finds herself at a turning point in her marriage when tragedy strikes at the hands of the police. Navigating complex relationships, grief and what it means to be Black in America, What. is a story which, much like the Black experience, carries laughter in one hand and tragedy in the other.

Listening to the Trees Saturday afternoon November 11th at 2 pm By Timothy Johnson, directed by Tyrone Henderson

Are family ties that bind loose enough for its members to spread their wings? Jimmy, the reigning patriarch of The Walker Family seeks the answer by Listening to the Trees, a new play by Timothy Johnson.

On Rayton Saturday night November 11th at 8 pm By A.K. Payne, directed by Awoye Timpo

The night Teddy was killed, he ran into the local barbershop asking for help; Lou, the town's favorite barber told him to be a man. On Rayton repositions the 1955 murder of Emmett Till into 1991. It tells the story of Lou, a closeted Black man whose reputation is put at stake by the racially-fueled murder of a neighborhood boy. Through the words of the Black women in the story, Yona, Lou's best friend and Ms. Marie, Teddy's mother and a symbol for Mamie Till--On Rayton evokes Audre Lorde when she wrote: "Your silence will not protect you."

The Organization of Dunsinane on Sunday afternoon. November 12th This reading is closed to the public.
By Jimonn Cole, directed by Cezar Williams

Set in present day New York City, The Organization of Dunsinane is about a company of African-American and Asian actors attempting to put on a production of Macbeth while simultaneously dealing with issues of inter- minority racism, personal ambition and how we are identified as artists.

About Quick Silver Theater Company: Founded in 2013, QST is a collective of thirteen artists dedicated to amplifying the collective voice, individual potential, the overall presence of people of color, women and other marginalized groups within the American theatrical landscape. For more information about QST, please visit: www.QuickSilverTheater.com. Please direct questions to: info@quicksilvertheater.com.