Happy Saturday! We are thrilled to invite you to a special evening at The Public Theater in New York City! Blackboard Plays and Black Girls Do Theater are combining forces for a performance of JORDANS By Ife Olujobi, directed by Whitney White at The Public. Join us on Friday, May 10th at 7:30pm! Tickets are …
If you are looking for ways to support Black theatre from the comfort of your own home, then check out our friends at the Obsidian Theatre Festival (OTF) in Detroit. You can find their annual call for submissions announced on our blog, in addition to attending the semi-finalist readings, along with the #BMPFest Semi-Finalists. OTF …
In February, the Obsidian Theatre Festival Announced its lined-up for the 4th Annual Season. The Obsidian Theatre Festival was founded by John Sloan III and is a collaboration between GhostLight Creative Productions & Nicely Theatre Group. OTF focuses on Black stories by Black playwrights and takes place in 3 locations in downtown Detroit each June. …
PAID opportunity! Seeking performers! Since 2020, Blackboard Plays has partnered with Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) to support a platform for Black Playwrights who tell stories about Black Families. The Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival is seeking performers for this upcoming BMPFest season. Join us! Submission Instructions/Deadline: Please click the this link to submit and for further instructions: https://bit.ly/bmp23casting …
Have you done it yet? Submitted to the 4th Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival (OTF)? Are you a Black Playwright interested in having your work showcased and filmed before a live audience in Detroit and later streamed? Submissions are being accepted for both plays and musicals. Please scroll down for all the full submission guidelines! OTF …
Since 2022, Blackboard has partnered with Obsidian Theatre Festival and our own Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival (#BMPFest, a partnership with PAAL, Parent Artist Advocacy League) We are pleased to announce these reading that will take place virtually on zoom from April through June 2023. Upcoming Readings: Friday, June 9, 2023 – “The …
Seeking NY-based BIPOC performers who are mothers! MEAT SUIT (tentative title) is an ensemble play, written & directed by Aya Ogawa, about the shitshow that is motherhood. The insanity, the chaos, the rage. The shit, the vomit, the blood and the piss. The loss of our bodies and our minds. Being middle-aged, having to parent children …
We’ve got a lot of readings this season and we are excited to meet actors that we have not worked with before! With Submissions being accepted for the 2nd Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival, and finalists being selected for the 2nd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival we are seeking actors for our readings. …
The 2nd Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival is here! Blackboard Plays and Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) partner to uplift the experiences of Black Parenthood. The Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival was established to tell stories from Black Playwrights with families. MISSION STATEMENT Since 2008, Blackboard Plays has been devoted …
JOIN US… for a reading a new TV Pilot by a Blackboard Vet! We are excited to support she and her collaborators with this fun new featured reading! REGISTER TODAY!