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Amid love, loss, and generational pain, a Haitian-American family wrestles with how much of the past to carry into their child’s future. Join us for a VIRTUAL feature reading of BETWEEN TONGUES by Carl Hendrick Louis on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:30pm ET on Zoom! RSVP HERE!
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!
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.
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. …
There are many exciting things about #BMPFest! One of them is are national partner theatres! The Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival is a national digital tour of new work by Black parent playwrights. Following our Submission period last fall, our review committee selected 4 finalists and 2 semi-finalists. We hope that in the …
Meet the 4 Finalists for the 1st Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival – #BMPFest