In April the cell will be ringing in it’s second annual C.M.O.R.E. Festival dedicated to Creating More Opportunity for Racial Equity among playwrights, directors, and actors. This year’s festival will present readings of two new plays and a workshop production of The Year of the Bicycle (Performances starting April 13th).
Khadar and Guinivere answer an ad in Essence for what they believe to be Ms. Yasha’s dating service and find “Shoppin’ for N.I.G.G.A.S” a dating service insisting that every black woman needs a N.I.G.G.A. and that every black man is one.
Friday, November 19, 2010 One week ago from tonight was Shoppin’ for N.I.G.G.A.S It’s over!…. It’s over 🙁 I definitely do not see what happened last week as the end of the play or the workshopping. I was very happy with the evening over all and appreciate all the help we had. Blackboard is really …
Rehearsals for Shoppin’ have been wonderful! The cast is wired for this play and director, LA Williams has really put everything in perspective. Our discussions at rehearsal have been exactly what this process who have included and what we all look forward to on Friday during our panel discussion. Toccarra Cash (Guinivere) mentioned at our …
LA Williams is a unique stage director, actor and teaching artist. Having directed and assistant directed over 15 productions, He has proven to be one of the most promising, young, African American directors today. In 2010, LA was among 70 directors from all over the world, invited to become a member of the prestigious Lincoln …
NI**AS NI66AS NI99AS NINJAS N!@?#S NIGS How many ways can one spell out this word? ______________________________ Don’t forget to DONATE: INDIE GOGO IS EASY – It only takes a second! CLICK HERE
Tuesday, Oct 12th, 2010 … they were all at last night’s Blackboard! (how i survive by Angel Dillemuth) I don’t think Almeria and I had ever seen a room full of so many Black men before… at Blackboard I mean I think 95% of the audience was male! With that said, a BIG Congratulations to …
That “N”asty Word ~musings over a title~ by Garlia Cornelia Jones Let me be very clear, that I do not use “The N-word” in my every day language. When I was around six or seven years old, I thought I was giving my little brother a nuggie, but it came out as “nigger”. My brother …
This is a really exciting time! Shoppin’ for N.I.G.G.A.S is happening in November and there is such an amazing group beginning to form for that event and for Blackboard! I’d like to give a personal shout-out to Blackboard’s New PR Representative, Kym, who is already hard at work on this event! There are no words …