Mar 29, 2021 Watch Party
Time: 1957. Place: New York City. Six actors gather in a Broadway theater to rehearse an anti-lynching play, written and directed by white artists. Newcomer John believes in the sanctity of theater, ingénue Judy insists there s only the human race, and veteran actress Wiletta is torn between getting along and delving into the authentic truth of her character. As the actors get on their feet and small talk turns into discussion on motivation and theme, tension begins to run high, ultimately reaching a point of no return. A boulevard comedy with undeniable dramatic force, Alice Childress s masterpiece would have been the first play by a Black woman produced on Broadway if she had agreed to the producers demands that she soften its message. Funny, incisive, and poignant, this play-within-a-play is an unflinching examination of white fragility and liberalism in the theater industry.
AN EVENING OF UPLIFTING PERFORMANCES
AND OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM
YOU CAN T STOP THE BEAT will stream on Sunday, February 28, 2021 beginning at 6:00 p.m., General admission is available for $100.00, with Premier Admission (including an exclusive pre-show virtual green room reception with the gala performers at 5:30 p.m. and a gala kit filled with goodies to enjoy during the show) available for $250.00. This year, as 42nd Street Moon celebrates its first ever virtual gala, we were able to call upon our Moonie community from near and far to celebrate the arts and the promise of live theatre, said Co-Executive Director Daren A.C. Carollo. This evening, hosted by Broadway Actor and beloved Moonie, Jason Graae, will feature performers from Moon s past, present, and future!
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director), in collaboration with African-American Shakespeare Company, is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the virtual world premiere of the new play STRANGE COURTESIES, written and directed by L. Peter Callender.
Citizens of South Africa are confronting a painful past of the apartheid era through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. STRANGE COURTESIES explores the potential restorative power of truth telling, the significance of sympathetic witnesses, and the tasks of both perpetrators and bystanders in the TRC process. Can dignity be restored to victims and their families while offering a basis for individual healing, and promoting the reconciliation of a divided society?
Acclaimed theater director Kayla Minton Kaufman and talented local actors perform a dramatic reading of Straight Nonsense, a brand new play by playwright Lindsay Ford. January s production of Straight Nonsense marks the happy return of director Kaufman s Fresh Sunday Play Reading Series, a bimonthly series that presents dramatic readings of original works. If you love live theater, you won t want to miss SFPL s Fresh Sunday Play Reading Series.
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Kayla Minton Kaufman has worked in institutions across the nation, from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco to Portland Stage in Maine. She loves work that celebrates diversity, provokes discussion and makes audiences laugh or cry (or just remember how to be human).