True Colors Announces 2009-10 Season, Includes OUR TOWN Directed By Kenny Leon

True Colors Theatre Company is proud to announce our 6th season schedule.

This season will begin with the classic comedy The Sty of the Blind Pig directed by Andrea Frye. We will present Kenny Leon's multi-cultural interpretation of Pulitzer Prize winner Our Town and close our season with August Wilson's Jitney directed by Derrick Sanders, Artistic Director at Chicago's Congo Square Theatre. We'll tell these stories in a way that only True Colors can and leave you thinking you gotta come back.

In addition to our three-play season, we will bring back Langston Hughes' holiday classic Black Nativity featuring a multi-cultural cast.

This season we'll also expand our August Wilson Monologue Competition for high school students. High school sophomore, juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to compete in a regional qualifying round and the finalists will compete in April at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. This program is close to our hearts and we are so proud that it has expanded to three major cities in just three short years. Join us for this amazing competition and you'll be able to say, "I saw them when".

Philip Hayes Dean's The Sty of the Blind Pig
Directed by Andrea Frye
October 7 - November 1, 2009
Previews October 4 & 6, 2009
Post Show Discussion with the Cast October 13, 2009
Weekday Matinee October 29 @ 11 AM

On the cusp of the civil rights movement in Chicago's South Side, Alberta, unmarried and in her thirties, shares an apartment with her mother, Weedy, an old-fashioned woman who finds solace for her trouble in religion. Unexpectedly, a wandering street singer, Blind Jordan, comes to their door searching for a woman he once knew. The others are puzzled, and even frightened by their visitor, but Alberta offers to help him in his quest. This intriguing, finely wrought comedy/drama explores the relationship between a headstrong matriarch and her sensitive daughter.

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
directed & choreographed by Patdro Harris
music directed by JMichael
december 9-27, 2009
previews december 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8, 2009

This gospel telling of the Christmas story is a soul-stirring musical celebration. A testament to the power of gospel music, the story of the Nativity is told through the combination of scripture, poetry, dance and song that connects a contemporary church revival to the time of mangers and swaddling clothes. This joyous evening brings the real meaning of faith and love to life. From the same creative team that brought us The Wiz.

Thornton Wilder's Our Town
Directed by Kenny Leon
February 25 - March 21, 2010
Previews February 21 & 23, 2010
HBCU Night February 24, 2010
Post Show Discussion with the Cast March 4, 2010
Weekday Matinee March 11 @ 11 AM
Student Matinees March 3 & 14 @ 10 AM

Pulitzer Prize Winner

This timeless classic of the American theater is seen through new eyes in Kenny Leon's multi-cultural reinvention. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire is a small, out-of-the-way town whose citizens mirror the timeless concerns of all humankind. Dramatically revealing that human life, however painful, dreary, or inconsequential its daily events is both a precious gift in its own right as well as a portion of the mysterious plan that rests in the Mind of God. An immortal tale that powerfully describes how we view ourselves.

August Wilson's Jitney
Directed by Derrick Sanders
May 5 - 30, 2010
Previews May 2 & 4, 2010

A boisterous gypsy cab station offers a poetic thrill ride look into the vitality of life in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1977. A son returns home after twenty years imprisoned to face his father whose station is threatened with demolition. Battling the forces of urban redevelopment, the motley crew of drivers plan, dream and muse in this rich blooded humorous testament to August Wilson's enduring legacy.

For more information and to buy tickets, call 877-725-8849 or visit www.truecolorstheatre.org.

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