News | January - March 2021 Newsletter

“To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.” -June Jordan, poet

IN  THIS  ISSUE

* After its virtual success in 2020 during the 5th Annual Bridge PHL Theatre Festival, They'll Neglect to Tell You by TS Hawkins returns as part of The Virtual New Play Reading Festival! Directed by Carley S. Robinson, this January 30th presentation will feature India Knight as Grace with Cynda Purnell repriving the role of Merci. Click here for tickets and details!

* On February 27th and 28th, Affirmation Theatre Company will present #SuiteReality by TS Hawkins as part of the Pro Black One Acts Festival. Click here to stay tuned for tickets and details!

* Antipodes Theatre Company (ATC) continues their bi-monthly Ricochet Reading Series in an online format, featuring plays that have yet to be seen on Australian stages. The first plays in this lineup include The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G by U.S. playwright TS Hawkins. On International Women’s Day (March 8th), ATC presents this lyrical homage to Ntozake Shange's for colored girls… which follows seven young girls on their journey into womanhood. This presentation is directed by Cheyenne Barboza and sponsored in part by AngelPirate Productions.

RESOURCE  LISTINGS

* BLM Chapter Listing (Nationwide)

* List of BIPOC Artists, Designers, and Technicians (Nationwide)

* List Black Womynx Directors (Nationwide)

* List of LatinX Theatre Directors (Nationwide)

* BIPOC Creative Resource & Database

* Crowdsourced List of BIPOC Theatre Artists by Roger Tang

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