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. …
Keep up-to-date with #BmpFest In the news! Share the festival with your community and Support the Grant we are raising funds to create for a Black Parent Playwright today!
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
How exactly have the writers we have featured over the years telling stories from within their communities. What exactly does that mean?
We use Tarana Peaches’ “Teacher Problems” as an example…
Almeria and I were honored to be asked by Alexis Clements (Women in Theatre co-editor) to interview Karen Evans of Black Women’s Playwright’s Group in Washington, D.C.
WIT (Women in Theatre) is an annual magazine published by The League of Professional Theatre Women, who has partnered with Howlround for pieces highlighting women’s voices in Theatre.
Ms. Evans has really done some amazing things with her organization. There’s not much more to say, because it’s all in the interview! Read it here!