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From: Black Theatre Network <president@blacktheatrenetwork.org>
Date: 7/29/20 8:10 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: russelljeffersona@hotmail.com
Subject: Black Theatre Week Streaming Link: Wednesday Events
#BlackTheatreWeek Continues! Another day of the exploration, preservation, and promotion of the Theatrical Visions of the African Diaspora awaits us! Join us for today's sessions by using the link below: | | Today's sessions include:
3:00 pm–5:00 pm Voices From The Black: LGBTQAI+. Curated by Dr. John Shevin Foster with special guest Ron Simons. Voices From The Black: LGBTQAI+ is a presentation of monologues and 2-person plays that shed light on areas and subjects which are relevant today, but are usually hidden from the mainstream.
7:00 pm– 8:00 pm Black No More: Radical Satire. Kamilah Forbes, Executive Producer of the Apollo Theater moderates a conversation between Tarik Trotter (aka Black Thought) of the Grammy winning Hip-Hop band The Roots and Academy and Academy Award winner John Ridley (Twelve Years A Slave) about their upcoming collaboration on the new musical Black No More. With music and lyrics by Trotter and a book by Ridley, the musical is based on the 1931 novel, a satire on race relations by George S. Schuyler, is scheduled to be produced by The New Group in 2021.
All event times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.
To keep #BlackTheatreWeek as accessible for as many Black Theatre practitioners, scholars, and lovers as possible, all programs can be found at the same link. | | Black Theatre Week is a service provided by the Black Theatre Network. The Black Theatre Network is comprised of artists, educators, scholars, students and theatre lovers who are dedicated to the exploration and preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora. Since 1986, the Black Theatre Network has collected, processed and distributed information that supports the professional and personal development of its membership (comprised of individuals engaged in the full range of theatre professions, professional and community theatres and organizations, and academic institutions). Black Theatre Week: A Virtual Event is sponsored in part by DTE Energy Foundation. Programming partners include Walk Tall Girl Productions, Go Tell It! Productions, and Harlem9. All BTN programming is supported by its financial members and charitable contributions. | | | | Want to Show Pride for Black Theatre's Radical Longevity? | Support the Black Theatre Network with the purchase of a #blacktheatreweek t-shirt or hoodie! Designs include our "Radical Longevity" and "Black Theatre Matters" shirts, in addition to our traditional logo designs. | | | | | | | |
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