Guest Blog: Chinonyerem Odimba On BLACK LOVE at the Kiln Theatre
by Guest Author - April 01, 2022 Black Love is... This play. It is a play borne out of my own love for telling stories but also telling stories that allow Black Love to be seen on stages.... 
Boston Children's Chorus Partners With Castle Of Our Skins and Center For Arabic Culture
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 18, 2022 Boston Children's Chorus has announced a new partnership with Castle of our Skins, an arts institution fostering cultural curiosity and celebrating Black artistry through music, and the Center for Arabic Culture, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote Arabic Culture and the Arab-Americ... 
Crossfield House Productions Presents NINETY FOUR in Toronto Next Month
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2022 Award-winning production house Crossfield House Productions presents their new show Ninety Four, a powerful and multi-layered tale about two kids who are trying to find their way back to love. ... 
Disney+, Hulu & ESPN Honor Black History Month with New Content & Curated Collections Across the Bundle
by Michael Major - February 01, 2022 This February, in honor of Black History Month, The Disney Bundle will continue its promise of amplifying Black stories across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ all year long with new and shared content in each service's always-on Black Stories collection. Check out the lineup of content now!... 
VIDEO: Showtime Shares THE CHI Season Five Trailer
by Michael Major - May 04, 2022 Watch the new trailer now for this season on THE CHI which delves deeply into the many joys and complications of Black love: relationships, children, career, community and self. Emmett (Jacob Latimore) and Tiff (Hannaha Hall) forge ahead as co-parents, while Tiff grows closer with Rob (Iman Shumpert... 
FRIGID New York Will Present 14th Annual The Fire This Time Festival in January 2023
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2022 FRIGID New York will present the 14th Annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003), January 16-29, 2023. ... 
Full Cast Announced For BLACK LOVE Launching Kiln Theatre's 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2022 Kiln Theatre's Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham announces the full company for Chinonyerem Odimba's Black Love. Black Love launches the theatre's 2022 season, transforming the venue into the round. With Book and Lyrics by Chinonyerem Odimba, Music by Ben and Max Ringham, the production opens on 1... 
Full Cast Announced for AS YOU LIKE IT @sohoplace Starring Martha Plimpton & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2022 Full casting is announced for William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Josie Rourke, with a musical score by Michael Bruce, @sohoplace, the first new build West End theatre to open in 50 years.... 
Jacob's Pillow Announces 2022 Dance Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2022 Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full season lineup for Festival 2022, featuring world premieres, new commissions, 90th Anniversary Season celebrations, Pillow-exclusive engagements, and work developed at the Pillow Lab. ... 
STG Starts 2022 Performing Arts Season with Jazz, Contemporary Dance and a String Quartet in February
by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2022 Seattle Theatre Group starts the new year with an eclectic mix of three sensational performances at the Paramount and Moore Theatres.... 
THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL to Release Anthology in March With Methuen Drama
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 15, 2022 On March 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.... 
The Fire This Time Festival To Release Anthology With Methuen Drama
by Stephi Wild - November 09, 2021 On February 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.... 
Nathan Queeley-Dennis Wins Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 15, 2022 The debut play by Nathan Queeley-Dennis has won overall 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The Birmingham-born actor takes home £16k prize for first play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz, ‘a joyful galloping hymn to Black friendship and love and tender masculinity’.... 
Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre Presents THIS BITTER EARTH
by A.A. Cristi - January 05, 2022 InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with This Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers.... 
Kiln Theatre Announces Full Cast For Marina Carr's GIRL ON AN ALTAR
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2022 With Chinonyerem Odimba and Ben and Max Ringham's Black Love currently running at the theatre, Kiln Theatre, in a brand-new partnership with the Abbey Theatre, today announces the full cast for Marina Carr's Girl on an Altar. Annabelle Comyn directs Nina Bowers (Cassandra), Daon Broni (Aegisthus), J... 
LEIKELI47 Concludes 'Beauty' Trilogy With 'Shape Up' Out Now
by Michael Major - May 16, 2022 Shape Up is a celebration of the work while the work is still happening. It’s what makes the album so tremendous. There’s a passion for the struggle that is never exploitative. The album was executive produced by Harold Lilly and features the previously released tracks 'Chitty Bang”, “Zoom”, “BITM”,... 
A.I.M. Announces Homecoming Week
by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2021 Homecoming this year pays tribute to honorees who exemplify artistic distinction and innovative contemporary storytelling: Emmy Award-winning composer Kristopher Bowers and Codie Elaine Oliver & Tommy Oliver, Founders of Black Love Inc. & Confluential Films....
STG Starts 2022 Performing Arts Season with Jazz, Contemporary Dance and a String Quartet in February
by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2022 Seattle Theatre Group starts the new year with an eclectic mix of three sensational performances at the Paramount and Moore Theatres.... 
Paines Plough's THE ULTIMATE PICKLE Announced At Roundabout At The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 6-28 August
by A.A. Cristi - July 19, 2022 Artistic Directors Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner have announced Paines Plough’s Roundabout programme for 2022.... 
The Apollo Theater Announces Fall/Winter 2022 Season Featuring Camille A. Brown, Fat Joe & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 23, 2022 The Apollo Theater has announced details of its fall/winter 2022 season titled The Next Movement. The Apollo has long been a place of dynamic energy and forward motion; this season, the theater honors that longstanding tradition through a series of performances and programs that look to the future.... 
UK Tour Announced For YOU BURY ME
by Stephi Wild - September 27, 2022 Paines Plough, The Women's Prize for Playwriting, 45North, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and The Orange Tree Theatre, in association with Bristol Old Vic present Ahlam's play YOU BURY ME which will tour the UK next spring from the 24th February until 22nd April 2023. ... 
Textile Museum Of Canada to Present 'Simone Elizabeth Saunders: U.n.i.t.y.'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 21, 2022 The Textile Museum of Canada (the Museum) will present Simone Elizabeth Saunders: u.n.i.t.y., an exhibition of works by Simone Elizabeth Saunders, evoking personal history, Afro diaspora, and Black sisterhood through portraits created with bold, colourful textiles. ... 
Kennedy Center & Washington National Opera to Present World Premiere of WRITTEN IN STONE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 14, 2022 A surveyor ponders the meaning of memory and monuments. A young girl scout seeks a place for herself in history. A Black father and son find themselves on opposite sides of a same-sex marriage rally. And the vision of 22-year-old Asian American undergraduate Maya Lin is the catalyst for a reappraisa... 
Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Casting For Marathon Of One-Act Plays
by Blair Ingenthron - October 05, 2022 Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) has announced complete casting for the 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays, which will be fully comprised of work from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). This year's selection of eleven plays was curated by Co-Artistic Directors Mike Lew (Te... 
Interact Theatre Company Returns with THIS BITTER EARTH
by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022 InterAct Theatre Company continues its 2021-2022 season with This Bitter Earth, by Harrison David Rivers, a “compassionate and devastating” play (Chicago Theatre Beat) “equal parts searing and touching, gut-wrenching and romantic.” This Bitter Earth marks InterAct's 2nd return to live, in-person ... |
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