11:00 a.m.
International Colloquium
Opening Session
Keynote Address: Dr. Maya Angelou
Pavilion Ballroom, Embassy Suites Hotel
Free and open to the Public
1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
BEFORE THE PEOPLE CAME (#2 & #3M)
Amun RA Theatre (Nashville, TN)
African animals rule the world. But during a deadly drought the only salvation is a pear tree guarded by a fierce, rare liger. Will the animals resolve their differences and unite for survival?
Written by jeff obafemi carr.
(M. C. Benton Convention Center, Lower Level) - $10
Purple#=3 p.m. Matinee
Black#= 8 p.m. Evening
3:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
THE HEIRESS (#4M & #5E)
New African Grove Theatre at California State University Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)
Set in the 1890’s, Catherine Sloper recklessly clings to a charming fortune hunter to escape her sterile life. Her rich father will disown her and her inheritance is in jeopardy. Who will Catherine choose?
Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz.
NBTF Fringe
(RJR Black Box) - $25
BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE (#6M & #7E)
The Black Gents of Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA)
Six African American men explore their patriotism, dreams of an inclusive & fair society and brotherhood as they become the first Black fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Written by Layon Gray.
(Salem College – Hanes Auditorium) - $37
8:00 p.m.
DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE (#8E)
North Carolina Black Repertory Company (Winston-Salem, NC)
See Monday, August 3
(UNCSA Stevens Center) - $42
REUNION IN BARTERSVILLE (#9E)
Cambridge Players (Los Angeles, CA)
A comedy/mystery revolving around the 50th high school reunion of the Class of ’33. It’s a ‘who-dun it’ murder riddled with humor, misdirection and innuendos.
Written by Celeste Bedford Walker.
Celebrity Performance
(K.R. Williams Auditorium) - $40
THE OBITUARY (#10E)
The Black Academy of Arts & Letters (Dallas, TX)
From climbing in a casket to jumping in a grave, this hilarious and gut busting comedy explores the unique aspects of African American funerals.
Written and performed by Akin Babatunde.
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AUNT RUDELE’S FAMILY REUNION
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (Sarasota, FL)
Aunt Rudele goes down South to her annual family reunion. In this one person show, this outspoken matriarch is quick to dish out unsolicited, blunt advice with a side of genuine down-home wisdom. Written and performed by Nathan Jacobs.
(WSSU – Anderson Center) - $37
SINGLE BLACK FEMALE (#11E)
Black Spectrum Theatre Company (Queens, NY)
Two highly educated, professional women pull you into their hip, smart and hilarious worlds as they navigate being middle-class, single Black females.
Written by Lisa B. Thompson.
(Wake Forest #1 – The MainStage Theatre) - $37
NORA COLE'S VOICES OF THE SPIRITS IN MY SOUL
(#12E)
RACCA’s Seaport Salon (New York, NY)
Race women, great and small, foreign and family, come to life. Witness history, touch, heal and change hearts.
Created and performed by Nora Cole.
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DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL
Mike Wiley Productions (Apex, NC)
In 1955, white men murdered 14-yr. old Emmett Till for whistling at a Mississippi white woman. The incident and ultimate southern judicial cover-up added fuel to the U.S. civil rights movement.
Written and performed by Mike Wiley.
Larry Leon Hamlin Solo Performance Series
(Wake Forest #2 – The Ring Theatre) - $37
REVENGE OF A KING (#13E)
Black Theatre Troupe (Phoenix, AZ)
A Hip-Hop musical based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
An aspiring NY hip-hop artist battles to make his mark in a world determined to control him. Features original music, freestyle rhymes, dance and a live DJ.
Written by Herb Newsome.
(UNCSA #1 – The Thrust) - $37
THROUGH THE NIGHT (#15E)
Daniel Beaty Productions, Inc. (New York, NY)
Six interconnected black men ages 10-60 aspire, dream, conform, deny and eventually discover self-love to venture out of darkness.
Written and performed by Daniel Beaty.
(Salem College – Shirley Recital Hall) - $37
THE RETURN (#16E)
Artscape (Cape Town, South Africa)
After years of exile in the U.S., Buntu returns to Cape Town, South Africa with his African American wife. Two generations struggle to reconcile unspoken things surrounding his brother’s death during Apartheid.
Written by Fatima Dike.
(Arts Council Theatre) - $37
JIM BECKWOURTH: THE BLACK MOUNTAIN MAN (#17E)
Noroza Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
In the 1800’s, this emancipated slave explored, chartered and helped to settle frontier from Southern California to Northern Mexico. He was Chief of the Crow Nation, a mountaineer and a major force in charting the far west.
Written by Mark Weston.
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A ROSE AMONG THORNS: A TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS
Ms. Thing Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
This tribute to Rosa Parks explores the internal conflicts of a quiet, dignified woman suddenly thrust into history.
Created and performed by Ella Joyce.
Celebrity Performance
Larry Leon Hamlin Solo Performance Series
(Reynolda House Museum of American Art) –$37
EXTREMITIES (#18E)
Amador Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
A young woman turns the table on a ‘would-be’ rapist in her home. As she and her two room-mates decide his fate, he wages psychological war-fare. Will he divide and conquer all?
Written by William Mastrosimone.
Celebrity Performance
(Summit School – Loma Hopkins Theatre) - $40
10:30 p.m.
Celebrity Reception
(Marriott Hotel)
