Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the lineup of productions for its 2019/20 Season.
The Apollo Theater Salon Series in partnership with the Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) will present WiLDFLOWER, the staged concert reading of the full-length musical with book, music and lyrics by Jason Michael Webb and Lelund Durond Thompson, at 7:30 p.m.
wo River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the complete cast for its production of Oo-Bla-Dee, written by Golden Globe Award winner Regina Taylor (Crowns, I’ll Fly Away), featuring original songs by Taylor and Obie Award winning composer Diedre L.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of performances throughout the city, around the country and around the world, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) is partnering with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for “In Perpetual Flight:
The National YoungArts Foundation has launched many young people to the career of their dreams. Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, Billy Porter, and Judith Hill have all been winners after the competition ended.
Above: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, “Séancers,” performance, 2017. Photo: Julieanne Harris This essay is the second chapter of the series, “Pageants of Grief:
Spook the latest production from playwright/actor Meshaun Labrone is a provocative fictional account about police officer, Daryl “Spook” Spokane, who is tried and convicted of murdering five of his fellow officers.
Sundance Institute today announced the five directors who will gather at the annual Sundance Institute | Luma Foundation Theatre Directors Retreat in Arles, France, from July 12-23, 2018.
The Peculiar Patriot, Liza Jessie Peterson’s one-woman takedown of the criminal justice system, has been acknowledged with a grant of $100,000 from the Art for Justice Fund, a five-year initiative that aims to turn art into action, investing more than $100 million into strategic efforts to reform the criminal justice system.
Above: Alexandria King as Antigone. Photo by Sean McCoy. The Classical Theatre of Harlem (Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director) presents “Antigone,” inspired by Paul Roche’s adaptation from the classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles.
![If you or your folks will be in Miami for Memorial Day, please support this phenomenal project. Via @johannerahaman
BlackFlorida: waterRIGHTS, will be exhibited on a floating 40’ screen, close to the shore on South Beach, from from 5-7 PM on Saturday May 25th. .
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I attempted to do it last Urban Beach Weekend and an unexpected storm blew plans away. Then @oolitearts Oolite Arts presented the project an Ellies Award 💕💕💕 so here I am, back at it again in 2019 thanks to funding from Oolite Arts and the @knightfdn Knight Foundation. .
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Here’s an excerpt from a feature last May in the Miami New Times, by Taylor Estape: “Rahaman started the project in 2014, around the same time she began shooting photos in South Beach during Urban Beach Week. Though crowds of out-of-town revelers aren't as open to Rahaman's more narrative approach to the Black Florida Project, the event nevertheless embodied what first drew her to capturing the spirit of the African diaspora in the United States. "It feels like home," Rahaman reflects. "It feels like being in Trinidad getting ready for carnival, getting to the parade route. Even though there’s no parade, there’s this sense of merriment, of excitement, of family. It feels like everyone knows each other even though they don’t. There’s this sense of community." Despite this vibe, politicians and land owners in South Beach have been trying to shut Urban Beach Week down for years. This year [2018], the City of Miami Beach has made a concerted effort to draw visitors indoors via cultural events. Its more insidious tactics include paring down traffic on the MacArthur and Julia Tuttle Causeways to one lane in order to scan the license plates of every vehicle entering the city. The narratives of increased crime and debauchery — conspicuously absent for similar, nonblack events such as Pride Week — are exactly what Rahaman's work attempts to combat. So it seemed only natural to bring the Black Florida Project to Urban Beach Week in an exhibition titled “Water Rights””.
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#waterrights #theellies #fromthesouthtothesouthernmost #johannerahaman #blackflorida #oolitearts #knightarts #urbanbeachweek #blacklove #blackjoy #resistance](http://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/e1f7a8659d1030d0175ae149fa0428d0/5D6C4718/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c219.0.1001.1001/s640x640/58410214_315377732723152_2011437072624998017_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com "If you or your folks will be in Miami for Memorial Day, please support this phenomenal project. Via @johannerahaman
BlackFlorida: waterRIGHTS, will be exhibited on a floating 40’ screen, close to the shore on South Beach, from from 5-7 PM on Saturday May 25th. .
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I attempted to do it last Urban Beach Weekend and an unexpected storm blew plans away. Then @oolitearts Oolite Arts presented the project an Ellies Award 💕💕💕 so here I am, back at it again in 2019 thanks to funding from Oolite Arts and the @knightfdn Knight Foundation. .
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Here’s an excerpt from a feature last May in the Miami New Times, by Taylor Estape: “Rahaman started the project in 2014, around the same time she began shooting photos in South Beach during Urban Beach Week. Though crowds of out-of-town revelers aren't as open to Rahaman's more narrative approach to the Black Florida Project, the event nevertheless embodied what first drew her to capturing the spirit of the African diaspora in the United States. \"It feels like home,\" Rahaman reflects. \"It feels like being in Trinidad getting ready for carnival, getting to the parade route. Even though there’s no parade, there’s this sense of merriment, of excitement, of family. It feels like everyone knows each other even though they don’t. There’s this sense of community.\" Despite this vibe, politicians and land owners in South Beach have been trying to shut Urban Beach Week down for years. This year [2018], the City of Miami Beach has made a concerted effort to draw visitors indoors via cultural events. Its more insidious tactics include paring down traffic on the MacArthur and Julia Tuttle Causeways to one lane in order to scan the license plates of every vehicle entering the city. The narratives of increased crime and debauchery — conspicuously absent for similar, nonblack events such as Pride Week — are exactly what Rahaman's work attempts to combat. So it seemed only natural to bring the Black Florida Project to Urban Beach Week in an exhibition titled “Water Rights””.
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#waterrights #theellies #fromthesouthtothesouthernmost #johannerahaman #blackflorida #oolitearts #knightarts #urbanbeachweek #blacklove #blackjoy #resistance")