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February 25-28, 2010
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Playwright
Ntozake Shange
Director
Rita Gray
For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf, written by American playwright Ntozake Shange, showcases the power of black women. The production addresses social issues like rape, abortion, and acceptance. The action of the play culminates in “a laying on of hands,” where Shange evokes the power of womanhood as the Lady in Red begins the mantra “I found God in myself/ and I loved her/ I loved her fiercely.”
“Overwhelming…It’s joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair.”
-Douglas Watt, New York Daily News
“These poems and prose selections are…rich with the author’s special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal.”
-Martin Gottfried, New York Post
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November 12-15
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Book written by
Loften Mitchell
Conceived by
Rosetta LeNoire
Director
Mark G. Henderson
Musical Director
Jerry Smith
Vocal Coach
Alisa Patrick-McDonald
Choreographer
Jaime Thompson
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September 25-29
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Playwright
Charles Fuller
Director
Mark G. Henderson
AUDITIONS
August 27, 6:00pm
NEED – 3 females, 5 males.
No preparation required, cold readings only.
Zooman and the Sign involves the shooting of a little girl outrages an urban middle-class family. As the estranged family tries to deal with their loss and the impact of violence in their community, the angry father and uncle challenge the neighborhood to come forward with evidence as to who might have committed the murder. They post a sign asking for help, but soon understand that none of the neighbors will offer any information about the shooting. After seeing the sign, the killer continues to terrorize and intimidate the neighborhood and forces the family to take unspeakable action.
Charles Fuller's Zooman and the Sign is a "...theatrical response to a social problem."
- NY Times.
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March 30 - April 5, 2009
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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
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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
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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
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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 9, 2008
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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
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Playwrights
Vy Higginsen
and Ken Wydro
Director
Mark G. Henderson
Set Designer
Bill Jaye Schooley
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February 6-8, 2008
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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 7, 2007
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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
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Playwright
August Wilson
Director
Mark G. Henderson
Set Designer
Prince Thomas
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