Original Plays
Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress
When the Chickens Came Home to Roost by Laurence Holder
Police Boys by Marion McClinton,
No Place to be Somebody by Charles Gordone,
Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston,
The Darker Face of the Earth by Rita Dove.
New 10 minute plays
Lunchtime in Heaven
Inspired by: POLICE BOYS by Marion McClinton
Playwright: Keelay Gipson
Grow
Inspired by: SPUNK by Zora Neale Hurston
Playwright: James Anthony Tyler
A Different World
Inspired by: WHEN THE CHICKENS CAME HOME TO ROOST
by Laurence Holder
Playwright:Jerome A. Parker
Somebody Somewhere
Inspired by: NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY by Charles Gordone
Playwright: Cori Thomas
The Pull of Gravity
Inspired by: THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH by Rita Dove
Playwright: Chisa Hutchinson
STEREO-YOOOOO. YO.
Inspired by: TROUBLE IN MIND by Alice Childress
Playwright: Danielle Eliska Lyle
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THE 6 PLAYWRIGHTS
Chisa Hutchinson
Keelay Gipson
Danielle Eliska Lyle
Jerome A. Parker
Cori Thomas
James Anthony Tyler
THE 6 DIRECTORS
Kaia Calhoun
Rod Gailes OBC
Libya Pugh
Maya Sharpe
Niegel Smith
Cezar Williams
* these Actors are appearing courtesy of
Actors' Equity Association
THE 18 ACTORS
Richarda Abrams*
Jonathan Burke*
Dyllon Burnside*
Roger Casey*
Lekethia Dalcoe
Sentell Harper
Cyndii Johnson*
Marjorie Johnson*
Gabriel Lawrence*
Christopher Livingston*
Beethovan Oden*
Reynaldo Piniella*
Mirirai Sithole*
John Clarence Stewart*
Messeret Stroman*
Lisa Strum*
Benja Kay Thomas*
Nikki E. Walker*
