February 23 to April 1, 2007
Written and directed by Joyce Sylvester

"It is said that good theater often reflects life. If that is true, then anyone who wants to see an honest and often hilarious view of the real behind-the-scenes life at a Black church in Harlem should head to the Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn to see Freeda Peoples."
—Linda Armstrong, The Amsterdam News

The 2004 AUDELCO Award Winner Returns!
Winner: Joyce Sylvester for Director, Dramatic Production

Back by popular demand, the most requested production of the past decade, Freeda Peoples, the comedy drama written and directed by AUDELCO award-winning playwright and director, Ms. Joyce Sylvester. Freeda Peoples takes place in a church and deals with the relationships between the deacons, the trustees and the new pastor. No one is really whom he or she seems to be, in this hilarious comedy drama – loaded with surprises, twists and turns.

Featuring: Peggy Alston | Marilyn Coleman | Shay Flake | Carl Garrison
Patrick J. Mitchell | Nathan Purdee | Count Stovall

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT FOR PRE-TEENS AND UP

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April 28 to June 24, 2007
Written and directed by Jackie Alexander

Eleven perfectly constructed scenes...this comedy-drama really has it all...a wonderful story that operates on several levels, scintillating dialogue, compelling direction, a fantastic cast...the play could easily withstand a move to Broadway"
—John Gallagher, National Board of Review

A successful attorney's perfect world is capsized when his cousin, a Katrina survivor, seeks refuge at his East Hampton beach house; bringing with him nothing but the clothes on his back, and secrets from the past.

Featuring: Wendell B. Franklin • Heidi Kristoffer • Kellie E. McCants
Kerri Miller • Anthony Sandkamp • Shane Taylor

HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING COMEDY DRAMA
FOR TEENS AND UP

—Linda Armstrong, The Amsterdam News"

Featured, left to right, Candice McKoy, Nixon Cesar,
Janel C. Scarborough and David Heron.
Photo credit: LeRoy Henderson

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July 20 to July 27, 2007
Limited Return Engagement
Written by David Heron
Directed by Woodie King, Jr.

Landslide winner of the 2005-2006 BILLIES
The Billie Holiday Audience Awards!

The Billie Holiday Theatre is proud to announce that last season's hit Caribbean comedy, Love and Marriage and New York City has been chosen to represent The Billie Holiday Theatre at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 30 through August 4, 2007.

To share this honor with you, our valued patrons, we are excited to present a limited, return engagement!

Featuring: Nixon Cesar • David Heron • Candice McKoy
Janel C. Scarborough

A DELIGHTFULLY ENGAGING ROMANTIC COMEDY DRAMA
FOR TEENS AND UP

June 4 and June 6
Limited Engagement
Written and Directed by Fulton Hodges

The Renaissance of Keisha is about Keisha Stanley, a 16-year-old who cuts Black History classes and hangs out under a bodega sign with her friends; because she doesn't believe that Black History will further her goals in life, and that it is just boring. When her grandfather grounds her and forces her to write a Black History report, a minor accident brings her in contact with Orrin. Orrin describes himself as the "keeper of the souls of young people, who have died in the past." Orrin then conjures up young souls from the past, from slavery to the Civil Rights movement, with hopes of getting Keisha to understand why it is important for her and others her age to embrace their history and continue the legacy of telling others about it.

Featuring: Black Spectrum Theatre Company's Youth Theatre Company