Cris Eli Blak, Emma Denson, and More Among Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2023 Winners
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 24, 2023
The festival officially kicked off at Joe's Pub on May 5th and began performances on Wednesday, June 7th when two-time Tony Award winner Savion Glover and Tony Award and Grammy Award Nominee Reg E. Gaines came together for a conversation about theater and their Tony Winning Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk musical.
Downtown Urban Arts Festival Kicks Off Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2023
The DOWNTOWN URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL will present 16 plays (nine shorts and seven one-acts.) The festival kicks off on Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6 when Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines (Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk) make a much-anticipated return to The Public Theater with the centerpiece production If Trane Wuz Here.
Abingdon Theatre Company Announces Selections For The VIRTUAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT PLAYS
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2023
Abingdon Theatre Company has announced the selections for their third annual Virtual Festival of Short Plays. The company continues to be committed to creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. With this in mind, they have announced their selections for the festival and shed light on stories written by BIPOC playwrights.
Quick Silver Theater Company Playwrights of Color Summit Applications Now Open
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2022
Each year QSTC has accepted scripts from BIPOC playwrights for consideration to participate in their Playwrights of Color Summit (POCS), an annual summer event. They do not require an agent or nomination to apply, simply the right to work in the United States. They utilize a BLIND submission process.
New Black Fest at the Apollo to Launch This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 18, 2022
This month marks the launch of New Black Fest at the Apollo, a festival celebrating contemporary Black playwrights from across the nation. On April 22, 23, and 25 at 7pm, audiences will have the opportunity to see original works by 18 playwrights, each commissioned by the Apollo and New Black Fest co-founder Keith Josef Adkins.
Quick Silver Theater Company to Host POC Summit
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 18, 2021
Quick Silver Theater Company (4WORDS) QSTC was established in response to the overwhelmingly male, Eurocentric dynamic of contemporary American theater to provide a counterweight, localizing our storytelling in a specificity of culture/race, class, gender, and sexuality that allows for a different kind of uncovering of truth, broadening the scope of our understanding, empathy, and engagement both as theater creators as well as theater consumers.
Big B Releases New Single 'Band Of Brothers'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Nov 18, 2019
Southern California singer/rapper Big B has returned with his new group The Felons Club. The group has released its first taste of new music in the form of the new single 'Band of Brothers (This is How I Roll)' online.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is Coming to Connecticut Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2019
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its 2019-20 season with Tom Stoppard's Shakespeare in Love, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall and Marc Norman. Vincent Tycer will direct. Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre from November 21st through November 23rd, and December 4th through December 8th, 2019. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.
CT Rep Theatre Opens THE WOLVES
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2019
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its 2019-20 season with Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves, directed by Julie Foh.
Connecticut Rep Keeps Season Rolling with THE WOLVES
by Julie Musbach - Oct 9, 2019
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) continues its 2019-20 season with Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves, directed by Julie Foh. Performances will be held in Studio Theatre from October 24th through November 3rd, 2019.
CT Rep Announces Cast And Creative Team Of THE CHERRY ORCHARD
by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2019
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) opens its 70th season with Anton Chekhov's a?oeThe Cherry Orcharda?? adapted by Jean-Claude van Itallie. John Miller-Stephany will direct. Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgenson Theatre from October 3rd through October 13th, 2019. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.