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I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
Two timeless songs performed by
Chester Gregory during his
“Higher & Higher: A Rock ‘n’ Soul Shindig” concert stirred me to the core, because when the virtual show was over, I turned to Alexa and asked her to play “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, and after that “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye. I just had to hear them again, in their original incarnations.
Not that Gregory, a Broadway performer with “Hairspray” and “Sister Act” and “Motown: The Musical” on his resume, didn’t give them his all. He stars in this 90-minute show presented by the Chicago-based Artists Lounge Live. It’s being offered and presented here through April 18 by the San Diego Repertory Theatre.
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As part of its expanded inclusion and diversity efforts, San Diego Repertory Theatre will launch a new program this month, its inaugural San Diego Rep Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series.
The four-week series taking place live online at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, March 15 through April 5 will feature works by four Black playwrights, directed by four Black directors and starring a combined 23 actors, 18 of whom are either Black or Asian-American.
Each performance will include a live salon hosted by leading theater artists and scholars. The play series is being curated by director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg and Rep associate artistic director Danielle Ward, with additional curation by dramaturg Kimberly King and Rep development and artistic associate Ahmed K. Dents.
San Diego Repertory Theatre Announces BLACK VOICES 2021 PLAY READING SERIES
Post-show discussions after each play will offer an opportunity to converse about topics of race, class, gender, intersectionality and police brutality.by BWW News Desk
San Diego Repertory Theatre has announced today the details of the brand new San Diego REP Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series, a brand new program that will be presented in March and April, 2021. The series will consist of a selection of plays representing a diverse range of Black voices. Post-show discussions after each play will offer an opportunity to converse about topics of race, class, gender, intersectionality and police brutality. The plays will be presented live online, with one play reading on each consecutive Monday at 5:30 PM PDT, beginning March 15, 2021 (6:30 PM MDT, 7:30 PM CDT, 8:30 PM EDT), and by a live online salon hosted by leading artists and scholars in the theatre industry.
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The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival returns next week with a slate of new works from both local and nationally renowned Black and Latino playwrights.
The eighth annual festival will be streamed online from Jan 21 through 24 on the Hopin digital platform. All performances begin at 7 p.m. Free 30-minute preshow panel discussions will be presented on three nights. Festival admission is free but reservations are required at theoldglobe.org. Registration is now open. Here’s a look at the lineup:
Thursday, Jan. 21: Celebrating Community Voices
An evening of short plays that were developed in the Old Globe’s Community Voices and CoLAB community play development workshops. The four San Diego playwrights featured are Queen Kandi Cole, KishaLynn “KL” Moore Elliott, Jonathan Hammond and Thelma Virata de Castro. The readings will be directed by Freedome Bradley-Ballentine, Katherine Harroff, Gerardo Flores Tonella and artistic associate Lamar Perry.