Monday, October 12, 2020

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Emancipation Oak Hampton Univerity | Photo Credit: Indira Etwaroo

Announcing Request for Proposals for
The Black Seed Fund

Deadline is Friday, November 13, 2020 at 5 PM

The Black Seed is a first-ever national strategic plan to create impact and thrivability for Black theater institutions, unprecedentedly led by a Black-led theater institution. Black theater institutions have been and will continue to be the guardians of the true American story with the burgeoning of historic Black theater institutions from the 60s and 70s and continuing to this era of racial injustice and unprecedented awareness.

Click here for more information and how to apply for grants ranging from $30,000 to $300,000.

Ruben Santigo-Hudson Named MTC Artistic Advisor

Award-winning actor, writer, and director, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, has joined the Manhattan Theatre Club as Artistic Advisor. Find out about more about this new development here.

Congratulations Ruben!

Radha Blank Wrote, Directed and Starred
in THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION

The New York Theatre community has known and loved playwright/performer Radha Blank for quite some time. Now the world will know who she is through the film "The Forty-Year-Old Version." This richly layered story is Blank's love letter to Black theatre artists. And it serves as a reminder that it is never too late to find your own voice.

You can watch this award-winning Sundance film on Netflix.

Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison

Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences Announces A Toni Morrison
Teach-In

Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences will continue the year-long celebration of one of its most famous alums -- Toni Morrison -- by creating a virtual Teach-In. The online event, scheduled for Thursday, October 15, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Morrison's breakthrough novel "The Bluest Eye."

The Bluest Eye Teach-In and other events celebrating the life and work of Toni Morrison are free and open to the public. Click here for details.

Virtual Events

Follow the Development of the Broadway-Bound Musical
Love & Southern D!scomfort

Broadway may be shuttered until May 30, 2021, but such productions as Love & Southern D!scomfort will be ready when the Great White Way returns.

Get to know the creative team and the artists associated with this new musical by tuning in to the followimng programs:

Stars In The House with special guest host Tony nominee Brenda Braxton:
Monday, October 12 at 8 PM
Watch here

NY Theatre Barn New Works Series:
Wednesday, October 14 at 7 PM
Watch here

For more information about Love & Southern D!scomfort visit lasdmusical.com.

The Resurrection of Alice

Trapped in an arranged marriage, a woman struggling to find her place in the world holds tight to childhood dreams.

Written and Performed by Perri Gaffney
Directed by Jackie Alexander

Presented by The North Carolina Black Repertory Theatre
in association with Appalachian State University

Thursday, October 29 at 7 pm

Free!

Click here for more information.

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