THROUGH 1/15/2024: Harvey B. Gantt’s Party Got Present!
This party’s got presence! Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture’s exhibition my Presence is Present is a celebration of melanated culture, melanated art, and melanated identity. Fully titled my...
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Resident Island Dance Theatre’s US and ADF Debut of Ice Age
What does it truly mean to be a performing artist by any means necessary? This question has...
Read MoreFences at Pure Life Theatre
Pure Life Theatre is currently presenting Fences, an award-winning play written by August Wilson that tells the story of a melanated American household in 1957 Pittsburgh and its passionate and bitter patriarch, Troy Maxson. The...
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AAPG & Matthews Playhouse Premiere A House Is Not a Home
Matthews Playhouse is still going strong with its annual African American Playwrights Festival, a collaboration between The Matthews Playhouse and the African American Playwrights Group (AAPG) for which BIPOC playwrights are encouraged to submit their works to a panel of judges for selection. The play selected then goes on to be fully produced with cast and crew. This year’s winning production, A House Is Not a Home, was written by Kenyatt M. Godbolt, whose work was selected and rocked the house opening night!
Set in New York City in the 1990s, A House Is Not a Home explores the dynamics between father and son, hip-hop culture, and the consequences of divorce. As a New York City corrections officer, David is struggling to accept his role in the destruction of his family and marriage. Things take a turn for the worse when David invites a female friend to live with him and his 20-year-old son.
Read MoreSibling Fights & Civil Rights in NC Black Rep’s Freedom Summer
Here, I’ll set the scene: August 4, 1964. Deep South. Mississippi summer. Freedom Summer. Get the picture so far? In NC Black Repertory Company’s recent production of Freedom Summer, playwright Cynthia Grace Robinson...
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