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Westcoast Black Theatre raises spirits with 'Joyful! holiday revue

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe founder Nate Jacobs creates his third holiday production which puts an African and R&B tone on some familiar carols.

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Founder and Artistic Director Nate Jacobs says he created the new show to celebrate audiences getting back together in the theater.

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Heard in such a compact format, some of the songs sound similar with lots of repeated choruses that are less captivating from your theater seat than when you’re dancing to them in a club or at a wedding. But Jacobs’ cast – Syreeta Shonteé, Ariel Blue, Stephanie Zandra and Delores McKenzie – performs them with great spirit and a style that echoes, without mimicking, the originals.   And it is clearly a nostalgic throwback for members of Saturday’s opening night audience, who were eagerly dancing in and around their seats and clapping along to just about every song. The choreography by Donald Frison is filled with lots of hand gestures, turns, struts and shimmies.