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Our good friends, Danny Glover, Carl Lumbly, Delroy Lindo, and Peter Coyote gave generously of thier time to help LHTSF by appearing in our newest promotional video. It's only a minute long, but we think it's just wonderful; we think you'll agree:
The core mission of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT) is to promote the performing arts. LHT presents plays by America's foremost African-American and multicultural playwrights; provide employment and career-building opportunities for actors, directors, designers, and technicians; and fosters youth development and education through workshops and outreach. LHT distinguishes itself as an eclectic learning community, sustained by both rigor and creativity. LHT draws from aesthetic, cultural and economic resources of the San Francisco Bay Area to enrich and strengthen the performing arts.
Founded in 1981 by the late Stanley E. Williams, founding Artistic Director, and the late Quentin Easter, founding Executive Director, LHT performed for seven seasons in numerous venues around San Francisco. In 1988, LHT’s first home opened in the Landmark YWCA building at 620 Sutter Street. The tenancy ended at the end of 2007-2008 due to the Academy of Art University’s acquisition of the building and LHT relocated its business office to 777 Jones Street in Nob Hill. In June 2011, LHT announced a new theatre location at 450 Post Street, in the heart of the Union Square Theatre District. At the end of the 2011-2012 season, LHT announced plans to vacate 450 Post Street, in favor of two new programs called "The LHT Partnership Series," and "Bringing the Art to the Audience." LHT continues to maintain office space at 777 Jones Street.
LHT productions reach approximately 20,000 theatre-goers annually, with one of the most eclectic audiences of any theater in the region. LHT has produced more than 130 plays, including west coast and world premieres, experimental works, classics in the African-American canon, lively musicals, and poignant socio-political dramas. LHT’s presentations range from the works of Nobel Laureates Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Toni Morrison to Pulitzer Prize-winning writers Charles Fuller, Alice Walker and August Wilson; to large-scale musicals celebrating Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Lester Young, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake and others; to award winning dramas by James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and our namesake Lorraine Hansberry; to pioneering experimental theatre artists Adrienne Kennedy, Ntozake Shange and Maria Irene Fornes, and new works by Robert Alexander, Roger Guenveur Smith, David Rousseve Prince Gomolvilas and others.
presents
Once again, we're please to join forces with
over 25 other African American theatre companies across the U.S.A.
reading the same play at the same time on the same day.
Steven Anthony Jones
Artistic Director • steven@LHTSF.org
Marc Pâquette
Audience Development/
Webmaster • marc@LHTSF.org
Gina Snow
Manager of
Subscriber Development • gina@LHTSF.org
Bolaji Tijani-Qudus
Accountant • bolaji@LHTSF.org
Albert Dixon, President
Russell Stanaland, Vice President
R. Steven Wilkinson, Treasurer
Dan Cole
LaVaughn Craig
Steven Anthony Jones
Ishmael Reed
Pat Spencer
Ernest H. Urquhart
Dr. Brenda Wade
Stanley E. Williams, Artistic Director — 1950–2010
Quentin Easter, Executive DIrector — 1953–2010
Company Stage Manager: Bert van Aalsburg
Master Electrician: Heather Gallagher
Sound Designer: David Molina
Sound Board Operator: Michael Kelly
Programme Design: Marc Pâquette
Volunteers: Kenneth "Kozi" Arrington, Marie Bélanger
Déborah Blin, McCrea Clemons, Lisa Cole,
William Giddens, Mary Graflin, Alice Paz M. Grimes,
Lenora Hamilton, Jolene Larry, Esther Liss,
Jan Lox, Marian Lyons, Alexandra Matthew,
Allison "Ally" McDonough, G. Jackson Neumann,
Contessa Osborne, Brenda Payton, Joan Pierson,
Clevon Smith, Martha Stein, Lisa White
Steven Anthony Jones (Artistic Director) has worked professionally on stage, television and film for 40 years. Most recently, he was a core company actor at American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.), where he acted, directed and taught, and where he has been seen in November, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, Blood Knot, The Imaginary Invalid, After the War, Happy End, Gem of the Ocean, Female Transport, Levee James, Waiting for Godot, Yohen, The Three Sisters, The Dazzle, Night and Day, Buried Child, A Christmas Carol (Scrooge and The Ghost of Christmas Present), Celebration and The Room, "Master Harold"...and the boys, The Misanthrope, The Invention of Love, The Threepenny Opera, Tartuffe, Indian Ink, Hecuba, Insurrection: Holding History, Seven Guitars, Othello (title role), Antigone, Miss Evers' Boys, Clara, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Saint Joan, King Lear, Golden Boy, and Feathers. Other local theater credits include Fuente Ovejuna and McTeague (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); As You Like It (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival); The Cherry Orchard, Every Moment, and The Island (Eureka Theatre); Sideman (San Jose Repertory Theatre); and Division Street (Oakland Ensemble Theatre). He originated the role of Private James Wilkie in the original production of A Soldier's Play at the Negro Ensemble Company in New York. His many film and television credits include two seasons of Midnight Caller and a recurring role on the NBC series Trauma. Mr Jones received his early theatre training at Karamu House in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of Yankton College in South Dakota. Other experience includes the Cleveland Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, and San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, among others.
Marc Pâquette (Audience Development/Webmaster/House Manager) has been associated with LHT since 1994. His first credit at LHT was as Props Designer for 2003’s King Hedley II by August Wilson. In 2005 he began work full-time for LHT. He was dramaturg for LHT’s 2006 production of Ntozake Shange’s from okra to greens/ a different kinda love story, and the 2007 production of Stephen Jeffrey’s I Just Stopped By to See The Man. He co-wrote, with André C. Andrée, the script for LHT’s 2007 production of Black Nativity, and also co-wrote, with Stanley E. Williams, the script for 2009's Black Nativity. In 2010, he co-wrote, with André C. Andrée, LHT’s box office smash, Joyful Noise. He is currently working on two new scripts, Sex & Drugs & Jazz, a revue of risqué songs from the Harlem Renaissance, as well as The Blue Devil Cabaret Lounge, a jukebox musical loosely based on Goethe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, with a dash of A Midsummer Night’s Dream thrown in for good measure. Marc holds a BFA in studio art, with a minor in anthropology/sociology, from Plymouth State University, in his native New Hampshire. In his infrequent free time, he collects Lava Lites and other novelty lamps, is way too addicted to his iPhone, and grows his mustache. His mantra is “Check your spam folder daily!”
Gina Snow (Manager of Subscriber Development) is a seasoned communication specialist with experience in media relations, meeting planning and destination management. While working for a non-profit travel trade association, she traveled extensively throughout Asia and the Pacific organizing meetings and conferences to promote the destinations of over 40 countries. For over 25 years, Gina produced and hosted a broadcast radio program on food, wine and travel that included interviews with Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Paul Prudhomme, Martin Yan, Rick Bayless, and Curtis Stone, among many others. Joining LHT is a return to her early years when she was a member of the Mentor Marian Players, a community theatre group, during which time she was a cast member of shows such as Flower Drum Song and Carnival.
Bolaji Tijani-Qudus (Bookkeeper) Of Nigerian descent, his name, Bolaji means to wake up blessed. Born in Chicago, Illinois he became a jetsetter early on as he relocated to London and Nigeria, all before the age of 3. Returning to the United States at 18, he finished college, became an accountant and business owner. Experiencing different cultures as a youth allowed his creativity and imagination to reach extraordinary heights. His passion for creative writing always inside, re-emerged with the debut of his first fiction novel, WTF Moment. He is also a filmmaker working on his Masters in Film and Television at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA.
Four Dramalogue Awards for Jamal's Vietnam War drama, LBJ
Two Dramalogue Awards for our 25th Anniversary Production of A Raisin in the Sun
Five Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards for Robert Alexander's anti-drug musical, Air Guitar
Two Critics' Circle Awards for Outstanding Special Effects Design
(Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro and Stanley E. Williams's adaptation of Legends and Folktales of Brer Rabbit)
Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design for the musical, Bricktop
Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies
Critics' Circle Awards for Outstanding Performances in August Wilson's Jitney and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Production for Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Year's Ten Best Plays by The San Francisco Bay Guardian for five consecutive years
National Black MBA Association Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Cyril Magnin Award, 1988
KGO Channel 7 Profiles in Excellence Award, 1990
California Alliance for Arts Education Award, 1999
Charles Schwab Renditions Award for Outstanding Arts Organization, 2000
National Black Theatre Network Winona Fletcher Award, 2002
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Alpha Nu Sigma Chapter Notable Citizen Award, 2003
The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay Award for Black Nativity: "Best Alternative to The Nutcracker," 2005
San Francisco Black Pride Reggie Williams Achievement Award, 2006
Council of Negro Women (Golden Gate Section) Service Award, 2006
Two KQED Local Heroes Awards, 2007
SFNOIR Kuumba Award for Artistic Achievement, 2007
San Francisco Bay Area Critics' Circle's Paine Knickerbocker Award for continuing contributions to Bay Area theatre, 2007
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Award of Excellence, 2008
Sadly, our archives are incomplete. If you have any of the missing information, please contact webmaster@LHTSF.org. Titles are listed chronlogically, most recent season first:
September 27 - October 28, 2012
The Passport Season Redux
Our subscribers saw
Marin Theatre Company
in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
presents
Topdog/Underdog
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Timothy Douglas
as part of our season
October 27, 2012
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) —
The Fall of Heaven
by Walter Mosley
directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
October 28 - November 24, 2012
The Passport Season Redux
Our subscribers saw
San Francisco Playhouse
in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
presents
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
By Alex Timbers
Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Jon Tracy
as part of our season
October 25 - November 18, 2012
The Passport Season Redux
Our subscribers saw
American Conservatory Theatre
presents
Sophocles' Elektra
Translated and adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Original music by David Lang
Directed by Carey Perloff
Featuring Olympia Dukakis
as part of our season
December 8, 2012
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) —
Angélique
by Lorena Gale
featuring Aldo Billinslea
directed by Darryl V. Jones
January 11–12, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Workshop readings at A.C.T.'s Costume Shop —
The Jamaican Wash Project
by Philip Kan Gotanda
featuring Carl Lumbly
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
January 19, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the East Bay Center for Performing Arts—
Indigo Blues
by Judi Ann Mason
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
January 25, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the East Bay Center for Performing Arts—
Safe House
by Keith Josef Adkins
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
January 29 - March 16, 2013
The Passport Season Redux
Our subscribers saw
San Francisco Playhouse
in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
presents
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Bill English
as part of our season
February 2, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC) —
Tituba, Black Witch of Salem -or- The Devil Made Me Do It
by OyamO
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
February 16, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)—
Detroit '67
by Dominique Morisseau
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
January 19, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the Oakland School of the Arts Black Box Theatre—
24, 7, 365
by Jennifer L. Nelson
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
March 15, 2013
Bringing the Art to the Audience:
Staged reading at the Joyce Gordon Gallery—
Start Fair
by Aaron Carter
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
rental show (not part of our season)
September 6-16, 2012
The San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
Ric Salinas in
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo
by Paul S. Flores
directed by Michael John Garcés
April 4-May 12, 2012
Blues for an Alabama Sky
by Pearl Cleage
directed by Michele Shay
featuring Robert Gossett
February 8-March 18, 2012
Blue/Orange
by Joe Penhall
directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
featuring Carl Lumbly
December 4-31, 2011
Rejoice!
book by Ron Stacker Thompson
concept by Ron Stacker Thompson and Pamela Goodlow-Green
music and lyrics by Nolan Shaheed
additional lyrics by Ron Stacker Thompson
directed by Margo Hall
musical directors Jacqueline Hairston and César Cancino
choreographer Traci Tolmiere
October 11-November 20, 2011
Two One-Act Plays:
Almost Nothing
by Marcos Barbosa
Day of Absence
by Douglas Turner Ward
directed by Steven Anthony Jones
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at our new home 450 Post Street
March 3-27, 2011
Fabulation; or The Re-Education of Undine
by Lynn Nottage
featuring Margo Hall
directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang
choreography by Pampa Cortes
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center
February 25-April 10, 2011
Our subscribers saw
Berkeley Repertory Theater presents
a co-production with the Huntington Theatre Company and LaJolla Playhouse
in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Ruined
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Liesl Tommy
as part of our season
December 10-31, 2010
Joyful Noise; A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
conceived by Stanley E. Williams
additional text by André C. Andrée and Marc Pâquette
featuring Robin Hodge-Williams
with André C. Andrée
directed by Buddy Butler
musical director Robin Hodge-Williams
choreographer Brian Gibbs
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center
October 29-November 21, 2010
Our subscribers saw
American Conservatory Theatre presents
Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet
by Tarell Alvin McCraney
directed by Mark Rucker
as part of our season
December 16-27, 2009
Black Nativity: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
concieved and directed by Stanley E. Williams
additional text and lyrics by Marc Pâquette
featuring Debra Henderson
musical director Arvis Strickling-Jones
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at PG&E Auditorium
January 15 - February 28, 2010
our subscribers saw
Berkeley Rep presents
Coming Home
by Athol Fugard
directed by Gordon Edelstein
as part of our season
February 18 - March 7, 2009
Mahalia: A Gospel Musical
by Tom Stolz
directed by Stanley E. Williams
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at Post Street Theatre
October 2008
our subscibers saw
Radio Golf
by August Wilson
at TheatreWorks
as part of our season
December 16-27, 2007
Black Nativity: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
concieved and directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling Jones
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at PG&E Auditorium
February 12 - March 1, 2009
Waitin' 2 End Hell
by William a. Parker
directed by Buddy Butler
presented by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at PG&E Auditorium
March 18 - April 25 2009
SF Playhouse & Lorraine Hansberry Theatre present
The Story
by Tracey Scott Wilson
directed by Margo Hall
presented at SF Playhouse
June 2009
our subscribers saw
San Francisco Opera presents
In association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
The Gershwins® Porgy and Bess (sm)
by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
directed by Francesco Zambello
conducted by John DeMain
At the War Memorial Opera House
as part of our season
October 2007
our subscibers saw
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
at The Orpheum Theatre
as part of our season
October 11 - November 11, 2007
The Bluest Eye
novel by Toni Morrison
adapted for the stage by Lydia R. Diamond
directed by Walter Dallas
November 29 - December 30, 2007
The Black Nativity: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
concieved and directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Yvonne Cobbs-Bey
additional text by André C. Andrée and Marc Pâquette
featuring the Dynamic Miss Faye Carol
also featuring Yvonne Cobbs-Bey
with Yolanda Cato Freeman
February 5 - March 8 2008
Word for Word Performing Arts Company presents
in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Sonny's Blues
by James Baldwin
directed by Margo Hall
April 20 - May 27, 2008
Fences
by August Wilson
directed by Stanley E. Williams
featuring Alex Morris as Troy Maxson
this was the final production at our 620 Sutter Street location
summer rental show (not part of our season)
July 5-29, 2007
Rrazz Productions & Dominic Alario present
Paul Lekakis & Scott Douglas Cunningham in
Two Boys In A Bed on a Cold Winters Night
a play by James Edwin Parker
directed by David Drake
October 26- November 5, 2006
Cultural Odyssey's Medea Project -- Theatre for Incarcerated Women
My Life in the Concrete Jungle
inspired by My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola
directed by Rhodessa Jones
music by Idris Ackamoor
November 24 - December 24, 2006
Black Nativity: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
inspired by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Robin Hodge-Williams
February 1 - March 4, 2007
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
by August Wilson
Directed by Stanley E. Williams
March 15, 2007
Senghor Celebration: The Life and Poetry of Léopold Sédar Senghor
by Zack Rogow and Stanley E. Williams
Directed by Stanley E. Williams
(not part of our season)
March 15 - April 15, 2007
Bricktop
conceived by Calvin A. Ramsey
book and lyrics by Calvin A. Ramsey and Thomas W. Jones, II
original music by S. Renee Clark
directed by Thomas W. Jones, II
choreography by Dawn Axam
May 10 - June 3, 2007
Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston
adapted by George C. Wolfe
music by Chic Street Man
additional music for this production by Kim Nalley
directed and choreographed by Darryl V. Jones
summer rental show (not part of our season)
June 8 - July 30, 2006
Joe Spotts presents
Leslie Jordan in Like a Dog on Linoleum
by Leslie Jordan
directed by David Galligan
November 25 - December 24, 2005
Black Nativity: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas
inspired by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Robin Hodge-Williamss
February 2006
our subscibers saw
Gem of the Ocean
by August Wilson
at American Conservatory Theatre
as part of our season
February 2 - 26, 2006
from okra to greens/ a different kinda love story
by Ntozake Shange
directed by Danny Duncan & Stanley E. Williams
March 16 - April 9, 2006
I Just Stopped By to See The Man
by Stephen Jeffreys
directed by Stanley E. Williams
May 11 - June 4, 2006
Jared Choclatt's Hit It!
by Jared "Choclatt" Crawford & Andre C. Andree
directed by Stanley E. Williams
summer rental show (not part of our season)
Make It So Productions presents
Hush Up! Sweet Charlotte
Looking Over the President's Shoulder
by James Still
directed by Regge Life
Black Nativity: A Gospel Song Play
by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Robin Hodge-Williams
our subscribers saw
Polk County
by Zora Neale Hurston
at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Blue
by Charles Randolph-Wright
directed by Buddy Butler
our subscribers saw
Topdog/Underdog
by Susan-Lori Parks
at the Curran Theatre (Best of Broadway)
Black Nativity
by Lanston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling-Jones
our subscribers saw
Levee James
by S.M. Shephard-Massat
at A.C.T.
King Hedley II
by August Wilson
Eubie! A New Musical Revue
Music by Eubie Blake: Conceived by Julianne Boyd
Black Nativity: A Gospel Song Play
by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling-Jones
Seven Guitars
by August Wilson
The Dance on Widow's Row
by Samm-Art Williams
directed by Buddy Butler
featuring Ted Lange
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
conceived by Hector Orezzoli & Claudio Segovia
our subscribers saw
The Dazzle
by Richard Greenberg
and/or
Lackawanna Blues
by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
at American Conservatory Theatre
Black Nativity: A Gospel Song Play
by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling-Jones
Urban Zulu Mambo
conceived by Regina Taylor
short works by Susan-Lori Parks, Ntozake Shange & Kia Corthron
DIrected by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
The Piano Lesson
by August Wilson
Ain't Misbehavin
by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby Jr.
music by Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller
Directed & Choreographed by Danny Duncan
Musical Director Teryl Saunders-McGriff
One Day in the Life (with Recovery Theatre)
by Marvin X
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson
directed by Luther James
Black Nativity: A Gospel Song Play
by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling-Jones
Waiting to be Invited
by S.M. Shepperd-Massat
directed by Paul Carter Harrison
Bee
by Prince Gomolvilas
Twelfth Night
by Wm. Shakespeare
Cultural Odyssey Presents
Indigo Blues
by Judi Ann Mason
directed by Lou Bellamy
Black Nativity: A Gospel Song Play
by Langston Hughes
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Musical Director Arvis Strickling-Jones
Lift Every Voice
Everybody's Ruby
by Thulani Davis
Jitney
by August Wilson
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman Vs. Mammy Louise and Safeeta Mae
by Marcia L. Leslie
Your Arms Too Short to Box with God
by Vinnette Carol and Alex Bradford
directed by Samuel G. LeSane
One Mo' Time
by Vernel Bagnaris
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Lift Every Voice Series: Ruby Dee
Lift Every Voice Series: Danny Glover
Tamborines to Glory
by Langston Hughes
directed by Danny Duncan
The Amen Corner
by James Baldwin
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
by Ntozake Shange
25th anniversary production
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Steal Away
by Ramona King
Two Trains Running
by August Wilson
Christopher Columbus 1992
created by and starring Roger Guenveur Smith
presented in association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
More Tales of Brer Rabbit
adapted and directed by Stanley E. Williams
The Piano Lesson
by August Wilson
Legends and Folktales of Brer Rabbit
adapted & directed by Stanley E. WIlliams
Re/Membering Aunt Jemima
by Glenda Dickerson
The Love Space Demands
by Ntozake Shange
Henry O. Tanner; Portrait of an African American Artist
by Stanley E. Williams
Telling You My Dreams from a Cloud Sailing By
by David Rousseve
A Soldier's Play
by Charles Fuller
Dutchman
by Amiri Baraka
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Fences
by August Wilson
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Lift Every Voice Series: Roger Guenveur Smith
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
directed by Whitney J. LeBlanc
I Ain't Yo Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Robert Alexander
The Resurrection of Lady Lester
by Oyamo
directed by Claude Purdy
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (with American Conservatory Theatre)
by August Wilson
Sophisticated Ladies
the music of Duke Ellington
directed by Luther James
The Bluest Eye
(Staged reading of a script by Stanley E. Williams and Quentin Easter)
The Colored Museum
by George C. Wolfe
directed by Stanley E. Williams
Checkmates
by Ron Milner
directed by Woody King Jr.
Sarita
by Maria Irene Fornes
Endangered Species
By Kim Euell – World Premiere
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
By Errol John
3 Views of Mount Fuji
by Ntozake Shange – World Premiere
directed by Stanley E. Williams
The River Niger
By Joseph Walker
LBJ (Long Binh Jail: The War Within the War)
by Jamal – World Premiere
Dramalogue Awards: New Play, Direction, Production
In the House of Blues
By David Charles (aka Buddy Butler) – West Coast Premiere
Directed by Buddy Butler
Mosquito Man
by Ellen Sebastian – World Premiere
Les Blancs
by Lorraine Hansberry
Home
Samm-Art Williams
Livin’ Fat
by Judi Mason
Spell #7
by Ntozake Shange
directed by Keryl E. McCord
choreography by Halifu Osumare
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
adapted by Stanley E. Williams from the novel by Alice Walker – World Premiere
Air Guitar
by Robert Alexander – World Premiere
BATCC Awards: Musical Score, Sound Design, Choreography
Drama-Logue Awards: New Play, Direction, Musical Score
“Year’s Ten Best Plays” – SF Bay Guardian
Old Phantoms
by Gus Edwards – West Coast Premiere
Boogie Woogie Landscapes
by Ntozake Shange – World Premiere
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
“Year’s Ten Best Plays” – SF Bay Guardian
Checkmate
by Larry Americ Allen – World Premiere
Family Portrait
by Beverly A. Smith – World Premiere
Dream on Monkey Mountain
by Derek Walcott
Transitions for a Mime Poem
by Owa – West Coast Premiere
featuring Ed Mock
Jump at the Sun
adapted by Glenda Dickerson from the novel Their Eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston – West Coast Premiere
“Year’s Ten Best Plays” – SF Bay Guardian
We Almost Made it to the Superbowl
by Robert Alexander – World Premiere
Zooman and the Sign
by Charles Fuller – West Coast Premiere
“Year’s Ten Best Plays” – SF Bay Guardian
Funnyhouse of a Negro
by Adrienne Kennedy
Prophecy in America (The Life of Martin Luther King)
by Felix Justice
Can I Speak for You, Brother?
by Philip Walker
Nevis Mountain Dew
by Steve Carter – West Coast Premiere
Our first production
Two One-Act Plays:
Trials of Brother Jero
by Wole Soyinka
and
Companions of the Fire
by Ali Wadud – West Coast Premiere
Special thanks to Toby & Jerry Levine and to Rob Hurwitt, for their invaluable help with the above list.
