A list of theatrical events celebrating Black History Month.
NAME OF EVENT: “The Ballad of Emmett Till”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: The Fountain Theatre,
DATES: February 11 – March 20, 2010
LOCATION: The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., LA 90029
WEBSITE: www.fountaintheatre.com
CONTACT: Stephen Sachs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: West Coast Premiere of Ifa Bayeza’s soaring celebration of the life of Emmett Till whose death sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
NAME OF EVENT: “Benches, Sketches of the 1930s. “Marian Anderson”
DATES: Monday, February 15th at 7PM
LOCATION: Adassa’s Island Cafe, 4305 Degnan, Leimert Park, LA, CA.
CONTACT: Sharon Graine; E-mail: sharonlgraine@yahoo.com
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Have some coffee and a great historical, musical experience.
NAME OF EVENT: “Blood and Thunder”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Moving Arts
DATES: Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 3pm
LOCATION: Moving Arts Hyperion Station
WEBSITE: www.movingarts.org
CONTACT: (323) 666-3259
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Set in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, “Blood and Thunder,” the new play by Terence Anthony, tells the story of Marcus, a con artist whose latest plan to ride out the hurricane in his Lower 9th Ward apartment is interrupted by an unwanted visitor, forcing him to face both the flood waters and the ghosts of his past. Ovation Recommended. LA Weekly “GO!” Special Sunday Post-Show Discussions in honor of Black History Month. www.movingarts.org for more information.
NAME OF EVENT: “Catch the Tiger”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Company Of Angels
DATES: Fridays, February 12th &19th; Saturdays the 13th & 20th; Sundays the 14th & 21st. All Shows at 8pm.
LOCATION: Complex Theater at 6476 Santa Monica Blvd Hollywood CA , 90038
CONTACT: 323-850-4436; dramastage1@yahoo.com
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Catch the Tiger is an exciting new play written by Melvin Ishmael Johnson and brilliantly directed by veteran, award-winning Director Jemal McNeil. The play is about J. Edgar Hoover’s effort to bring down Marcus Garvey.
NAME OF EVENT: “Cool Negros”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Towne Street Theater
DATES: Weekends in February. Fri & Sat 8pm
- Sun 3pm
LOCATION: Stella Adler Theater 6773 Hollywood Blvd
- LA 90028
WEBSITE: www.townestreet.org
CONTACT: 213-624-4796
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Cool Negroes is a brazenly hilarious ‘Dramedy’ tracing the shadows of 5 Black 60’s Revolutionaries who sacrificed to make a difference. Establishment life is vexing enough with 1 Yuppie in their midst. But when 2 Buppy teens terrorize their park, this Now Generation faces off against the Me Generation, triggering a powerful chain of events.
NAME OF EVENT: Faces, an intimate portrait of Black folks in America
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Evolution Revolution Photography
DATES: February 2010 (the entire month)
LOCATION: Altadena Public Library, 600 E. Mariposa St. Altadena, CA 91001
WEBSITE: http://www.altadenalibrary.org/community
CONTACT: (626) 798-0833
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Faces is a series of intimate close-up portraits of Black folks in America . The anatomy of the African-American or Black face has been historically a topic of controversy and intrigue throughout the world. America ’s history books tell stories of the Black experience in the United States by using imagery of the Black face as both positive and negative.
NAME OF EVENT: “Jungle Kings”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Life Change Projects
DATES: Feb 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 , 28
LOCATION: The Raven Playhouse, 5233 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
WEBSITE: junglekingsplay.com
CONTACT: Rain Wilson, 708.271.7706
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A dynamic piece that will break chains and create openings for dialogue for those who want to take a deeper look at the trials that our young boys are up against as they fight to become men. The play deals with the imprisonment of the mind, with a focus on the character Baby Cockroach.
NAME OF EVENT: ”The Peacock Men”
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Company Of Angels
DATES: Feb 5 – Mar 7 (Fri/Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 7pm)
LOCATION: 501 S. Spring Street, 3rd Floor, Downtown Los Angeles, 90013 (Black Box inside the Alexandria Hotel)
WEBSITE: companyofangels.org
CONTACT: Lee Sherman, leesherman@companyofangels.org
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Five Black men explore contemporary American culture, images, labels and dreams deferred and their own subconsciousness in this wacky, lyrical, quirky, dark comedy. *Show contains brief nudity
NAME OF EVENT: “Porphyrion’s Revenge”
DATES: Friday and Saturday, February 26 & 27, at 8:30 pm
LOCATION: Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St. (1/2 block north of Olympic Blvd.), Santa Monica, CA 90404
WEBSITE: www.highwaysperformance.org
CONTACT: Ticket Info/Phone Reservations: 310-315-1459
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 1855. Perry Cooper, a world-renowned abolitionist orator, finds his life irrevocably altered by an encounter with his slave past…and the supernatural. “Porphyrion’s Revenge” is the first act of The Late Late Show, the final installment of a trilogy exploring race, sexuality and their interconnected roles in American history. Part II of the trilogy, the award-winning Berserker, was developed at Highways in 2002-03.
NAME OF EVENT: Shoulder to Shoulder: African Americans, the Arts and Autism
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Special Needs Network, Inc. (SNN), The Robey Theatre Company & Ebony Repertory Theatre
DATES: Thursday, February 25, 2010
LOCATION: Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90016.
WEBSITE: www.specialneedsnetwork.org
CONTACT: The Todd Group at 310-649-6040
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An Evening of Theatrical Performances to Celebrate Black History Month and The Pursuit of Human Rights that include Danny Glover, Anna Maria Horsford, James Avery, and CCH Pounder. This special event will benefit children with autism and related disorders.
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