Check out MIXTAPE: VOLUME 3 at Keen Company, featuring a phenominal line-up of artists on Monday, April 13th! $20 Tickets for Blackboard Community members!
Join us on Monday, April 6th at the Drama Bookshop in NYC for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, James Ijames – RSVP today!
Blackboard Plays hosted the first reading of Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; or The African Mean Girls Play” in January of 2016, and now it’s headed to Broadway 10 years later!
Please Join Us for a FEATURE READING of THE ASSASSINATION OF A DREAM DEFERRED by Chima Chikazunga.Monday, March 23, 2026 · 7:30pm (“House Opens” at 7:00pm) Written & Directed by Chima ChikazungaStage Manager: Yemisi Odetoyinbo Featuring… KIERRA – Christine Komei Luo SOPHIE / THERAPIST – Marjorie Johnson DOMINIQUE – Cristina Villalobos Ureña CHIMA / CHAUNCEY …
You’ve heard of Sherlock Holmes.
You watched along with “Murder She Wrote”. You can even sing the Inspector Gadget theme song word-for-word. But have you heard of Detectives Malcolm and Lena Harrison?! Join BMPFest as we launch our first-ever Web Series, and feature. “The Mysteries, They Solved” by Lynne Streeter Childress.
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 …