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"...the Billie Holiday is both a neighborhood jewel and one of the nation's premier black playhouses."
—Daily News, October 12, 1999
"A gem in the Brooklyn community."
—Our Time Press, December, 2003
"A true Brooklyn landmark."
—Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
GO Brooklyn, October 29, 2005
Serving some 30,000 people annually for nearly 40 years, the AUDELCO and Obie award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre has garnered a well-earned reputation for providing outstanding professional theater productions at affordable prices. The 200-seat theater has a 40-week season and serves as a training ground for aspiring theater professionals. It has nurtured the careers of Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson; multitalented performer, choreographer and director Debbie Allen; television, film and theater producer Samm-Art Williams; musician, composer and playwright Weldon Irvine (To Be Young, Gifted And Black); actress Tichina Arnold (Fox Network's Martin and the CW's Everybody Hates Chris); award-winning scenic designer Felix Cochren and many others. The Theatre is the original New York producer of many hit shows, including Lotto; Inacent Black, which went on to Broadway and starred Melba Moore; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, which toured nationally with Kim Fields and Ted Lange and the musical, Over Forty.
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Welcome to our current season, the Billie Holiday Theatre's 38th. Below, you will find descriptions of the excitement we have planned for you. Please revisit our site soon for more information about new productions. To receive e-mail and postal mail updates, sign-up at our mailing list below. We thank you for your continued support.
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World Premiere!
April 30 to June 27, 2010
Extended to July 11
Written by L. Barnett Evans and C. V. Rhodes
Directed by Marjorie Moon
Featuring:
Yaa Asantewa • Johnnie Mae • Jamil A. C. Mangan
Kimberlee Monroe • Helen Sanders
A hilarious comedy about four retired widows who arrive at an isolated cabin for a weekend of peace and serenity only to be confronted with a notorious drug lord in distress. Chaos reigns as these amateur sleuths dispense their unique brand of justice to the criminal in their midst.
SATURDAY, JULY 3 at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. $23
THURSDAY, JULY 8 at 8 p.m. $15
FRIDAY, JULY 9 at 8 p.m. $20
SATURDAY, JULY 10 at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. $23
SUNDAY, JULY 11 at 4 p.m. $23
BIG FUN FOR PRE-TEENS AND ADULTS
Seniors 65 and over and children 15 and younger
pay $12.00 at any show
THEATER PATRON PARKING
AT 1360 FULTON ST. $8.00
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Photo credit: Portrait of Yvonne Farrow by Mark Blackshear
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October 23 to December 20, 2009
Written and Directed by Yvette Heyliger
Original Music Composed and
Arranged by Larry Farrow
“Yvette Heyliger’s heartfelt dramedy is joyful and sincere...” —Backstage West
FEATURING
Yvonne Farrow | Jerome Preston Bates
Jamil A. C. Mangan | Scott Adams
Jarret Janako Barnett | Lenoré Coer
Brandii Edwards | Zeretha Jenkins
Johnnie Mae | Alvin McLaughlin
Helen Sanders | Toni Deniece Seawright
and Darryl Jovan as Minister of Music
What Would Jesus Do? is an interfaith, intergenerational play with music about family, church, sex and HIV.
Meet the cast on the playwright's website.
COMPELLING, ENTERTAINING DRa.m.A
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Written by Carl Clay
Directed by Passion
One Day Only!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa is a holiday fantasy for the entire family about three newly hired African-American elves who convince Santa Claus to change his travel route so they all end up in Kwanzaaland. Funny, educational and highly entertaining!
FOR THE WHOLE Fa.m.ILY
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Photo credits: baclground image by Dan Raynor, foreground by Jack Delano
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As Performed by David Mills
Two Days Only!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
$8.00 for all tickets
A special Black History Month Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance writer, Langston Hughes, as performed by David Mills. Experience the sights and sounds of this influential and inspirational writer in Wandering and Wondering.
The February 26 performance canceled due to snow storm. Join our mailing list to be notified of new performances of Wandering and Wondering.
FOR THE WHOLE Fa.m.ILY
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Photo credit: Portrait of Danny Mullen
by Brian Gomsak
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March 4 to April 4, 2010
Written and Performed by Danny Mullen
Directed by Marjorie Moon
Take a journey back in time to discover the personal life of an exceptional, legendary jazz artist who rose to fame from abject poverty, racial struggles, jealousy and heartbreak
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DYNa.m.IC, ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING THEATRE FOR PRE-TEENS AND UP
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April 9 at 7 p.m. and April 10 at 3 p.m.
Written and Performed by Ms. Ella Joyce
Ella Joyce is a star of stage and television best known for her role as Charles S. Dutton’s wife on television's Roc. A Rose Among Thorns explores Rosa Parks, the real human being, not just the iconic figure. This loving collection of historical information seeks to straighten out the occasional misinformation that sometimes surrounds Rosa Parks' “famous incident.”
Not applicable to Pre-Early Bird Special groups. Billie Holiday Theatre passholders will pay an additional $7.00 surcharge per ticket. Tickets not available online.
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Art by Henry Blackshar
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World Premiere!
April 30 to June 27, 2010
Written by L. Barnett Evans and C. V. Rhodes
Directed by Marjorie Moon
A hilarious comedy about four retired widows who arrive at an isolated cabin for a weekend of peace and serenity only to be confronted with a notorious drug lord in distress. Chaos reigns as these amateur sleuths dispense their unique brand of justice to the criminal in their midst.
Buy Tickets Now!
Or call Zerve at (212) 209-3370
BIG FUN FOR PRE-TEENS AND ADULTS
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The 2009-2010 season is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; NYC Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations, James Van Bramer, Chair; also supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Limited Run - Broadhurst Theatre | African American Playwrights Exchange
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Billie Holiday Playwrights: Jackie Alexander | John Shévin Foster | Yvette Heyliger | Ella Joyce | Danny Mullen
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Lindamichellebaron's World of Rhythm and Rhyme | Denise Lewis Patrick
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