Imani Thaniel
Latest News on Imani Thaniel:
Firehouse's TO DAMASCUS Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant (Feb 10, 2018)
Photo Flash: First Look at Firehouse Theatre's TO DAMASCUS (Jan 19, 2018)
Walter Braxton's New Opera TO DAMASCUS Runs at Firehouse Theatre This Winter (Jan 18, 2018)
Firehouse's TO DAMASCUS Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant (Feb 10, 2018)
Photo Flash: First Look at Firehouse Theatre's TO DAMASCUS (Jan 19, 2018)
Walter Braxton's New Opera TO DAMASCUS Runs at Firehouse Theatre This Winter (Jan 18, 2018)
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Firehouse's TO DAMASCUS Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $10,000 to Firehouse Theatre for the world premiere of Richmond composer Walter Braxton's opera TO DAMASCUS. This is the first direct NEA grant that Firehouse has received in its 24 year history.
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $10,000 to Firehouse Theatre for the world premiere of Richmond composer Walter Braxton's opera TO DAMASCUS. This is the first direct NEA grant that Firehouse has received in its 24 year history.
Photo Flash: First Look at Firehouse Theatre's TO DAMASCUS
TO DAMASCUS builds on a range of sources including the bible story of Paul's conversion, August Strindberg's THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, the rivalry between Lorenzo de' Medici's patronage of secular art versus Girolamo Savanarola's bonfire of the vanities and his call for an orthodox religious revival, Thomas Mann's only play FIORENZO, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Marcus Schuyler and Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and the Catholic Mass. Check out photos below!
TO DAMASCUS builds on a range of sources including the bible story of Paul's conversion, August Strindberg's THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, the rivalry between Lorenzo de' Medici's patronage of secular art versus Girolamo Savanarola's bonfire of the vanities and his call for an orthodox religious revival, Thomas Mann's only play FIORENZO, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Marcus Schuyler and Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and the Catholic Mass. Check out photos below!
Walter Braxton's New Opera TO DAMASCUS Runs at Firehouse Theatre This Winter
Firehouse Theatre presents the world premiere of Richmond composer Walter Braxton's opera TO DAMASCUS. The opera production begins a limited run of seven performances at Firehouse today, January 18, 2018.
Firehouse Theatre presents the world premiere of Richmond composer Walter Braxton's opera TO DAMASCUS. The opera production begins a limited run of seven performances at Firehouse today, January 18, 2018.
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