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April 7, 2009




featuring
C. Leigh McInnis
Kalamu ya Salaam
Carolyn H. Ingram
Rhoyia Hope Crozier
and Minnie Watson

also featuring
Original Works by JSU Students

Spoken Word Conference Founder
Dr. Janice Neal-Vincent

Spoken Word Conference Committee Members
Cindi Stokes
Ron Scott
Mark G. Henderson

Spoken Word Conference/Fest synopsis from Dr. Vincent


To expose JSU students, faculty, staff, and community to students' original poems, orations, and stories regarding any aspect of civil rights. To provide a platform for dialoguing among conference participants about the race problem and to develop a social conscience for the dignity and worthiness of all human beings.
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March 30 - April 5, 2009




Directors
Mark G. Henderson
Jasmyne Griffith
Prince Duren



This week of music, dance, and theatrical performances showcases the tremendous spirit of the African-American experience.



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February 25-28, 2009




Playwright
John Scott

Director
Nadia Bodie

Scenic Designer
Bill Jaye Schooley

Lighting Designer / Scenic Painter
Cindi Stokes

Musical Director
Loretta Galbreath



KARMA, John Scott’s off-Broadway musical drama, unveils the complications of an independent single mother’s romantic struggles. A drug culture peril threatens the action.

Original Cast Featured: Loretta Devine as Karma and Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman.

“Deeply moving… season’s best musical.”
- Ali Wadud, N.Y. Amsterdam News

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November 6-11, 2008




Playwright
Cheryl L. West

Director
Mark G. Henderson



“Before It Hits Home,” written by Cheryl West and directed by Dr. Mark G. Henderson, concerns the life of a man who has contracted the AIDS virus and moves home to deal with that reality.

“..an authentic, at times almost hysterical wake-up call to the black community, sounded from within.”

- New York Times

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September 25-28, 2008




Playwright
Mark G. Henderson

Director
Mark G. Henderson



A moving gospel musical about the importance of family, "Challenges, Choices & Consequences" tells the story of Brian, a young man who wants his father to buy him a new car. He is faced with a challenge when his father decides that Brian is not responsible enough for a car. Brian chooses to defy his father's wishes and buys the car anyway, and the consequences are almost deadly.

The pheonomenal cast includes gospel recording artists Rhonda Chambers and Steven Johnson, Mississippi Mass Choir soloists Alisa Patrick-McDonald and Jackie King, and some of Jackson State University's most talented and dynamic actors.
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April 16, 2008




featuring
Treasure Williams and Dana Rice

also featuring
JSU Graduates
National Spoken Word Artists

and
Original Works by JSU Students

Spoken Word Conference Founder
Dr. Janice Neal-Vincent

Spoken Word Conference Committee Members
Cindi Stokes
Ron Scott
Mark G. Henderson



April 9, 2008




Featuring a live post-film
performance by
New York-based Actress
Wendi Joy Franklin

in character as Lena Horne



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February 20-23, 2008




Playwrights
Vy Higginsen
and Ken Wydro

Director
Mark G. Henderson

Set Designer
Bill Jaye Schooley

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February 6-8, 2008




Directors
Janice Neal-Vincent
Cindi Stokes
Nadia Bodie
and
Walter Rutledge

Featuring works by
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Paul Laurence Dunbar
and
Janice Neal-Vincent

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November 14, 2007




Featuring
JSU Students

Spoken Word Conference Founder
Dr. Janice Neal-Vincent

Spoken Word Conference Committee Members
Cindi Stokes
Ron Scott
Mark G. Henderson



November 7, 2007




Playwright
Janice Neal-Vincent

Directors
Janice Neal-Vincent
and Cindi Stokes

Featuring
Cindi Stokes
Othor Cain
Vergia Dishman
Abrilla Pickens

and
JSU Students

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October 4-9, 2007




Playwright
August Wilson

Director
Mark G. Henderson

Set Designer
Prince Thomas

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