LIBERATION THEATRE AND BLACKBOARD PLAYS TO PREMIERE NEW WORK BY LIZ MORGAN, CAMILLE DARBY and MORE as a part of THE CELL’S THIRD ANNUAL C-MORE FESTIVAL
Nancy Manocherian’s the cell (Artistic Director Kira Simring) in Chelsea, New York City has partnered with Liberation Theatre Company and Blackboard Plays to produce five new play readings as a part of the cell’s annual C-MORE Festival.
Liberation Theatre Company will present readings of Our Father by Liz Morgan directed by Mary Hodges on Sunday, March 18th at 2:30PM, From Out Beyond My Shame by Shawn Nabors directed by Christopher Burris on Friday, March 23rd at 7:30PM, … by Germaine Netzband directed by Kim Brockington on Sunday, March 25th at 2:30PM, and Quarters, Halves, and the Whole by Nathaniel Johnson on Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30PM. These readings are a culmination of the work done through Liberation Theatre’s Writing Residency Program. Tickets for these events are free.
Blackboard Plays will present a workshop reading of Queen Nanny by Camille Darby directed by Miranda D. Haymon on Monday, March 19th at 7:30PM. Tickets for this event are also free.
Since it’s inception in 2016, the C-MORE festival has provided playwrights and theatremakers of color the opportunity to present work that they are passionate about and create visibility for underrepresented narratives. This year, the cell has granted two companies that have been making immense strides in telling these stories, funding and materials to present their work. Past C-MORE presentations have included a workshop production of The Year of the Bicycle by Joanna Evans, In the Southern Breeze by Jireh Breon Holder, Shoppin’ for N.I.G.G.A.S by Garlia Cornelia, The Marks You Leave by Tyler Andrew Jones, Lovely Send Anywhere by Douglas J.Cohen, and Lambs to Slaughter by Khalil Kain.
the cell (Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian and Artistic Director Kira Simring) is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to the incubation and presentation of new works by emerging artists. Founded in 2006, the cell has produced over a dozen critically acclaimed world premiere productions of new plays and musicals over the past 10 years including Sam’s Room, Bastard Jones, Crackskull Row, Hard Times: An American Musical and more. The cell also features the jazz @ the cell series and has served as a home base for a large community of resident artists and organizations such as Blackboard Reading Series, Artists Without Walls (AWOW), Irish American Writers and Artists (AWOW), Sybarite5, Tribeca New Music, and New York Theatre Barn.
Liberation Theatre Company (Founder and Producing Artistic Director Sandra A. Daley) is a home for creative emerging black playwrights, providing resources to develop their work, nurturing and inviting them to express themselves in a supportive and focused environment. LTC brings together actors, directors, and playwrights to allow playwrights the room to learn and grow, culminating in their finest work, ready for production.
Blackboard Plays (Artistic Director Garlia Cornelia, Co-Curator Oneké Cummings) is devoted to Black playwrights throughout the African Diaspora. Since 2008 Blackboard has presented readings every second Monday of the month at the cell our home in Chelsea where they have been incubated as a resident series.
