2007-2008 Season Subscription Packages are now on Sale!!
By: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Directed by: Founding Artistic Director, Derrick Sanders
September 13 - October 14, 2007
Student Matinees on 10/04/07 and 10/11/07 at $10 per student
Featuring Ensemble Members: Ron Conner, Anthony Irons, Ann Joseph
Written by Kwame Kwei Armah, Elmina's Kitchen is a captivating and authentic contribution to World Theatre. Examining the inheritance of British black youth of the twenty first century, focusing on three generations of black men. Elmina's Kitchen is an intense portrayal of a difficult father-son relationship set in a West Indian café in London's Hackney. The café is aptly named after Elmina's Castle, a slave prison on Africa's Ghanaian coast where African men were held before being shipped to the West Indies or the Americas. Directed by Founding Artistic Director, Derrick Sanders, this production features ensemble members Anthony Irons and Ann Joseph Douglas.
By: Langston Hughes
Adapted By: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Directed By: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Dates: November 29 – December 30, 2007
Featuring Artistic Associate: Alexis Rogers
Congo Square’s Holiday Tradition Black Nativity is back with a brand new twist on the classic tale of the birth of Christ!
by: Richard Wesley
Directed by: Aaron Todd Douglas
March 16 2008 – April 20, 2008
Featuring Ensemble Members: Daniel Bryant, Javon Johnson, Bakesta King & Ericka Ratcliff
Artistic Associates: Tracey Bonner
Best friends since their days of youthful idealism at Howard University in the early 1960's, Bernard and his friends are now successful professionals in their early 40's. They are forced to face some painful realities regarding their friendships, their marriages and the legacies they will leave behind, or not?
By: Founding Ensemble Member, Javon Johnson
Directed by: Founding Artistic Director, Derrick Sanders
TBA
Featuring Ensemble Members: Aimee Bryant & TaRon Patton
Artistic Associate: Alexis Rogers
A joyous, warm, hymn-shouting show that bears witness to the world of African-American gospel music!
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