Past Productions

2009

Risen From the Dough by France-Luce Benson, directed by Holli Harms*
The Kitchen, or 9 1/2 Minutes of Subcontinental Absurdity by Naveen Bahar Choudhury, directed by Jamie Richards*
Ladybug Gonna Getcha by Kara Lee Corthron, directed by Pam Golden
The Step-Mother by Ruby Dee, directed by Chuck Patterson
Angels in the Parking Lot by N.N. Ewing, directed by Seret Scott
Banana Beer Bath by Lynn Nottage, directed by Talvin Wilks*
Rally by Bridgette Wimberly, directed by Clinton Turner Davis

Truth Be Told by Melody Cooper, directed by Petronia Paley*
Dialectic by Kia Corthron, directed by Chuck Patterson
Hot Methuselah by J.e. Franklin, directed by Imani Douglas
Jesse by P.J. Gibson, directed Lydia Fort
Sloppy Second Chances by Mrinalini Kamath, directed by Kel Haney
Spirit Sex: A Paranormal Romance by Desi Moreno-Penson, directed by Adam Immerwahr
His Daddy by Cori Thomas*, directed by Stephen Fried

A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage
Sweet Maladies by Zakiyyah Alexander
Floating Under Water by France-Luc Benson, directed by Matt M. Morrow
River Poetry Slam Jam with Hasna Muhammad, Maria Chisolm, Melissa Maxwell, and Bridgette Wimberley
Puberty Rites by Elaine Jackson, directed by Woodie King, Jr.
Uncle by Eleanor Herman, directed by Henry Miller
When January Feels Like Summer by Cori Thomas*, directed by Chuck Patterson
The Resurrection of Alice by Perri Gaffney, directed Talvin Wilks*
The Irresistible Death Club by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, directed by Charles Randolph White
Boscoe and the Devil adapted by Ruby Dee (adapted from “How John Boscoe Outsung the Devil” by AP Davis), choreographed by Dyane Harvey, music by Gregg Payne and DK Dyson, directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke

Brown Silk and Magenta Sunsets by PJ Gibson, directed by Woody King, Jr., starring Phylicia Rashad
Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor by Cori Thomas, directed by Chuck Patterson
Stage Black by Lydia Diamond, directed by Ron Himes
Traveling Shoes by Denise Lock, directed by Jeffrey Thompson
Tillers by Fannie Green, directed by Chuck Patterson
Down by the River all by Yo’Self, one-person shows by Marjorie Edwards, Kaypri, Veona Thomas, Jo Tanner, Fannie Lou Hamer, Carmen Mathis, Cecelia Antoinette, France-Luc Benson, Bread Winner, Petronia Paley, Sharon Hope, Anasuya Isaacs, Jaye A. Williams
Panel: A Talk with Lloyd Richards
Panel: A Talk with Biff Liff

The Shaneequa Chronicles by Stephanie Berry, directed by Talvin Wilkes
Lost Creek Township by Charlotte A. Gibson, directed by Reggie Montgomery
Notes of a Negro Neurotic by Nancy Giles
Talking Bones by Shay Youngblood, directed by Shirley Parkinson
Five Rooms of Furniture by Dhana-Marie Branton, directed by Seret Scott
Silence of the Mambo by France-Luce Benson
If Eve Left by T. Tara Turk
Panel: Our Common Ground: A Celebration of Our Triumphs and a Look into Our Future, moderated by Elizabeth Van Dyke and Jamie Richards with Linda Chapman, Nancy Giles, Linda Herring, Cassandra Medley, Elizabeth McCann, Vernell Lilly, and Wendy Streeter

Fast Blood by Judy Tate
Only in America by Aisha Rahman
Maiden Lane by Cassandra Medley, directed by Irving Vincent
Re/Membering Aunt Jemimah: A Menstrual Show by Breena Clarke and Glenda Dickerson, directed by Glenda Dickerson
Black Comedy: The Wacky Side of Racism by Nancy Giles
Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood
Flyin’ West by Pearl Cleage