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An advance peek at audience reviews for Birthright.
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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 more than 30 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 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 AND THE FIVE BROTHERS, 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 36th. 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 updates, sign our mailing list below. We thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Marjorie A. Moon, Executive Director
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Marjorie Moon, Producer
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April 25 to June 29, 2008
Written and directed by Jackie Alexander
Author of last season's hit: The Desire
"Alexander's dialogue is rhythmic and often lyrical, his characters rounded...a fine play, with some echoes of August Wilson."
Gwen Orel —Backstage
"...Birthright shows great promise from Alexander."
Carey Purcell—Theatre Source
"Birthright is a startlingly realistic story...the sound of endless rain serves as an effective counterpoint to Birthright's central conflict: the difficulty of rebuilding a family when hardships keep multiplying."
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan, Flavorpill.com
FEATURING: Victor Dickerson
Suzette Azariah Gunn | Stephen Hill
Nedra McClyde | Jaime Lincoln Smith
Susan Spain
The Reverend Etienne Thomas is a saint in the eyes of the community; privately he is a man imprisoned by his past. But when confronted with all that he has sought to escape, the carefully woven threads of his life begin to unravel with devastating consequences.
An advance peek at audience reviews for Birthright.
Thurs. 8 pm $15 • Fri. 8 pm $20
Sat. 3 pm & 8 pm $23 • Sun. 4 pm $23
Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, 2:30 & 6 pm $25
Seniors 65 and over and children 15 and younger
pay $12.00 at any show (except Mother's Day)
A PASSIONATE AND PROVOCATIVE DRAMA FOR TEENS AND UP
THEATER PATRON PARKING
AT 1360 FULTON ST. $7.00
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The Billie Holiday Theatre
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The cast of BIRTHRIGHT from left to right:
Susan Spain, Victor Dickerson, Suzette Azariah Gunn
Nedra McClyde, Stephen Hill and Jaime Lincoln Smith
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Ticket Prices 2007-2008 Season
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$23 |
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| Sunday 4 PM |
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| Mother's Day All Shows |
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| CHILDREN 15 and younger, SENORS 65 and older: 12.00 ALL SHOWS |
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"Sassy Mamas will definitely have you laughing out loud."
—Linda Armstrong, Amsterdam News
Read our audience comments on Zerve.com
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October 27 to December 23, 2007
Written by Celeste Bedford Walker
Directed by Marjorie Moon
FEATURING: Yaa Asantewa | Buena Batiste
Lauren Davis | Kaci M. Fannin | D. C. Lewis
Cameron Miller | Jahi-Kassa Taquara
Celeste Bedford Walker, author of the longtime favorite megahit musical Over Forty, and the hilarious comedy Reunion in Bartersville, brings us a new comedy called Sassy Mamas. Sassy Mamas is about three women of substance and a certain age who decide to flip the script on gender stereotypes by pursuing younger men. Ms. Walker’s shows, always fan favorites, promise sidesplitting laughter.
A SASSY ROMANTIC COMEDY FOR TEENS AND UP
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December 28 to December 30, 2007
Written by Carl Clay
Directed by Passion
FEATURING: Fulton Hodges | Marcha Tracey
Amanda Kenny | Romell Sermons | Christine Gaines
Jamilah Mahdi | Katrell Clay | Damani Young
'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa is a holiday fantasy for the entire family about 3 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 FAMILY
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February 28 to March 30, 2008
Written by John Shévin Foster
Directed by Jackie Alexander
FEATURING: Leopold Lowe | Alexander Mulzac
M. Neko Parham | C. J. Walker
Heartbreak brings four friends together to an isolated cabin where their emotions run rampant, and they learn the value of truth. Will these truths threaten their friendships or will they become stronger black men?
AN INTENSE AND PROVOCATIVE DRAMA FOR TEENS AND UP
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April 25 to June 29, 2008
Written and directed by Jackie Alexander
Author of last season's hit: The Desire
FEATURING: Victor Dickerson | Suzette Azariah Gunn
Stephen Hill | Nedra McClyde | Jaime Lincoln Smith | Susan Spain
The Reverend Etienne Thomas is a saint in the eyes of the community; privately he is a man imprisoned by his past. But when confronted with all that he has sought to escape, the carefully woven threads of his life begin to unravel with devastating consequences.
A PASSIONATE AND PROVOCATIVE DRAMA FOR TEENS AND UP
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2007-2008 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, Domenic Recchia, Chair; also supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York; Brooklyn Arts Council Ford Foundation Regrant; Brooklyn Arts Council JP Morgan Chase Regrant; Christ Fund of Concord Baptist Church; Time Warner; American Express and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
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