HartBeat Ensemble announced today their upcoming production of My Children! My Africa!, a gripping drama about the collision of education, idealism and politics by preeminent South African dramatist Athol Fugard. The play will run September 29 through October 9 at HartBeat Ensemble's Carriage House Theater (360 Farmington Avenue) in Hartford, CT.
New Orleans Film Society hires new director of documentary programming and filmmaker labs
The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) announced the hire of director and producer Kiyoko McCrae as director of documentary programming and filmmaker labs, a new full-time position at NOFS where McCrae will be leading the documentary programming for the New Orleans Film Festival and managing the Emerging Voices Mentorship Program and the Southern Producers Lab.
McCrae will also oversee other efforts to support documentary filmmakers, including as part of South Pitch, an annual competition wherein filmmakers from across the American South have three minutes to pitch concept or work-in-progress film to panels of film professionals and industry guests for an opportunity to win cash to seed their next film production. McCrae will also contribute to the programming of South Summit, NOFS’ annual convening of local, regional, and national media makers, arts funders, and institutional stakeholders, wit
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HartBeat Ensemble and the Romanian Cultural Institute announced the collaborative presentation of a provocative new drama, Bee Trapped Inside the Window by acclaimed Romanian-American playwright Saviana Stanescu. An intimate look at human trafficking in a wealthy suburb of Connecticut, this virtual play reading premieres Friday, February 26 at 7:30pm and runs through Sunday, March 21. Bee Trapped in the Window , directed by Vernice P. Miller, is available to view at no charge by registering at HartBeatEnsemble.org. Bee Trapped Inside The Window explores modern-day slavery s effect on the lives of three women of different backgrounds and ethnicities in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut. May (Lydia Gaston) is an Asian-American in-house domestic worker for a wealthy family with kids; Sasha (Jennifer Dorr White) is a Russian-American corporate executive with a drinking problem; and Mia (Erin Lockett) is Sasha s Black daughter, who is exploring and gradually understanding her own bi