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(From l-r) Ariel Blue, Syreeta S. Banks and JoAnna Ford during a musical number in Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe s 2017 production of Broadway in Black (Wendy Dewhurst )
Tarra Conner jones has written and will star in a one-act ode to Nell Carter, ‘From Birmingham to Broadway’ (Sorcha Augustine)
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) has announced its 22nd anniversary 2021-2022 season, with the Maya Angelou-inspired theme, And Still We Rise. In addition to four regular-season offerings – including two one-act plays under the umbrella of its New Playwrights Series – WBTT will present a holiday show. Running from October 6, 2021 through May 29, 2022, the regular season shows are Eubie! Ruby, Broadway in Black and world-premiere one-act plays From Birmingham to Broadway and Float Like a Butterfly. The holiday show is Joyful! Joyful!
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is thrilled to continue its Light Up the Night! open-air concert series with Sistas in the Name of Soul. This celebration of the female soul and R&B artists of the 70s (and some from the late 60s) will run from Saturday, May 8 through Sunday, June 6.
Featured vocalists for the show are Ariel Blue, Syreeta Shonteé, Delores McKenzie and Stephanie Zandra. Audiences will enjoy hits by renowned artists such as Freda Payne, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Donna Summer and The Pointer Sisters. Favorites will include I m So Excited, Midnight Train to Georgia, Respect, Bad Girl and Band of Gold, among many others. The performance will be enhanced by brand new dance routines created by WBTT s Resident Choreographer Donald Frison.