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Moments of Black Genius in the American Theater | A Concert Reading
February 18 - February 19
Excerpts from 6 historical Black plays that have crossed The Billie’s stage over the past 5 decades.
We are excited to reopen our doors for the first time since the start of the pandemic this spring 2023 with an unprecedented Mainstage world premiere: So Live A Concert Reading of Moments of Black Genius in the American Theater.
Featuring excerpts from 6 Black plays that have crossed The Billie’s stage over the past 5 decades and helped to make The Billie the leader amongst Black Theatre.
- 1970’s “Inacent Black” by A. Marcus Hemphill
- 1980’s “Tambourines To Glory” by Langston Hughes
- 1990’s “The Past Is the Past” by Richard Wesley
- 2000’s “Faith On Line” by Joyce Sylvester
- 2010 “Brother’s From The Bottom” by Jackie Alexander
- 2017 “Old Settler” by John Henry Redwood