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Theater Alliance Of Washington, DC
Theater Alliance is a non-profit professional theater in Washington, DC, professionally incorporated in 2000 with the goal of producing work that would illuminate the experiences, philosophies and interests of DC's diverse population. That goal was furthered in 2002, when Theater Alliance moved from its home at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop to become the sole theater-in-residence at the H Street Playhouse. Once the H Street Playhouse closed, Theater Alliance moved to Southeast DC, where it has been the theater-in-residence at the Anacostia Playhouse since 2013. Theater Alliance was under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Colin Hovde from 2011 - 2019. In January 2019, actor, director, and teaching artist, Raymond O. Caldwell was named Producing Artistic Director. It is now in its 20th season. Current and Recent Productions Season 15: 2017 - 2018 * ''Word Becomes Flesh'' by Marc Bamuthi Joseph * The Word Becomes Action Festival * ''The Raid'' by Idris Goodwin * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H Street Playhouse
The H Street Playhouse was a black box theater and gallery located in the Atlas District of Washington, D.C. Home to resident companies Scena Theatre, Theater Alliance and Forum Theatre, the Playhouse also hosted African Continuum Theatre Company, Musefire, Landless Theater Company, Theater Blue, Journeymen Theater Company, Madcap Players, Solas Nua, Restoration Stage, Capitol Renaissance Theatre, and Barnstormers. After opening its doors in 2001, the H Street Playhouse, with Theater Alliance, was at the forefront of a movement to develop and revitalize the H Street commercial corridor. The H Street Playhouse closed in 2012. History The building was built in 1928 by William Oshinsky and leased to businesses or was vacant during his ownership of the property from construction to 1959. The building was originally occupied by Sam's Garage and Moller Motors according to the 1928 Business Directory. There is no evidence that the building was custom built for their intended use. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Marc Bamuthi Joseph (born 1975) is a spoken-word poet, dancer, playwright, and actor who frequently directs stand-alone hip-hop theater plays. Early life Joseph was born to Haitian immigrant parents and grew up in Laurelton, Queens, New York City. When Joseph was 10 years old, he made his Broadway debut as Savion Glover's tap dancing understudy in the musical, ''The Tap Dance Kid''. By age 12, he had appeared on television and toured nationally with the production. Joseph attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA., where he was involved in the spoken word movement with classmate, Saul Williams. After graduating from Morehouse College in 1997, he was hired by The Branson School to teach English and dance. Career In 1998, Joseph worked with the Senegalese National Ballet. In 1999, he became National Poetry Slam champion in 1999 as part of the San Francisco team. He went on to work with Katherine Dunham, Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idris Goodwin
Idris Goodwin is an American playwright, rapper, essayist, and poet. In July 2022, Idris Goodwin became the third Artistic Director of Seattle Children's Theatre. Early life Idris Goodwin was born in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film, Video, and Screenwriting at Columbia College Chicago. Goodwin received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He did graduate work at the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Career The first play Goodwin ever wrote was titled ''Braising'' in 2001, and was performed in the back of a coffee shop. Goodwin recalls that the play was "thrown together and done on a budget… and miraculously we got a great review."Brown, Joel“Idris Goodwin, playwright with an ear to the streets” "Boston Globe", July 20, 2013. Since then he has written and had several successful plays produced such as ''And in This Corner… Cassius Clay'' (2016), which received the 2017 Distinguished Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Growing up in the Midwest, Hughes became a prolific writer at an early age. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career. He studied at Columbia University in New York City. Although he dropped out, he gained notice from New York publishers, first in '' The Crisis'' magazine and then from book publishers, subsequently becoming known in the Harlem creative community. His first poetry collection, ''The Weary Blues'', was published in 1926. Hughes eventually graduated from Lincoln University. In addition to poetry, Hughes wrote plays and published short story collections, novels, and several nonfiction works. From 1942 to 1962, as the civil rights movement gained traction, Hughes wrote an in-depth week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Nativity
''Black Nativity'' is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast. Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and music being derived from traditional Christmas carols, sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show. The show was first performed Off-Broadway on December 11, 1961, and was one of the first plays written by an African American to be staged there. Hughes developed ''Black Nativity'' in 1961 after the founders of Cleveland's famous Karamu House, Rowena and Russell Jelliffe, commissioned him for the project. As a young man, Hughes had premiered many of plays there and remained lifelong friends with the Jelliffes. ''Black Nativity'' was originally to be titled ''Wasn't That a Mighty Day?'' A week before the musical's December 1961 opening, dancers Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade withdrew from their roles as Joseph and Mary over the title changing to ''Black Nativity'', objecting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange ( ; FilmReference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018. October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. As a , she addressed issues relating to race and in much of her work. She is best known for her –winning play, '' |
Wurd Becomes Flesh
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Bekah Brunstetter
Rebecca Leah "Bekah" Brunstetter (born June 13, 1982) is an American writer. Her published plays include ''F*cking Art'', which won top honors at the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, ''I Used to Write on Walls'', ''Oohrah!'', ''Be a Good Little Widow'', ''Going to a Place Where You Already Are'', and ''The Cake'', a play inspired by events leading to the US Supreme Court case '' Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission''. She is a founding member of The Kilroys, which annually produces The Kilroys' List. Her television work includes writing for '' I Just Want My Pants Back'', '' Underemployed'', '' Switched at Birth'', and ''American Gods'', and both writing and producing on ''This Is Us''. Early life and education Rebecca Leah Brunstetter was born on June 13, 1982, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the daughter of former North Carolina Senator Peter S. Brunstetter and Jodie Brunstetter. She was raised as the only daughter among thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridad Svich
Caridad Svich ( ; born July 30, 1963) is a playwright, songwriter/lyricist, translator, and editor who was born in the United States to Cuban-Argentine-Spanish-Croatian parents. Biography A member of the New York's New Dramatists, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her Master of Fine Arts at the University of California, San Diego. She has written over forty full-length plays and fifteen translations as well as other short works. Svich has been a guest artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and the Royal Court Theater and has taught playwriting workshops at Paines Plough Theater in London and the US-Cuba Writer's Conference in Havana. Career Caridad Svich is the founder of theatre alliance and publisher NoPassport. Her work has impacted communities of multiple diversities and has responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, veterans and their families, survivors of trauma and those committed to artistic expression of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
