Sleep Deprivation Chamber

Sleep Deprivation Chamber by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy The Station Theatre March 23 - April 8 All performances at 8pm THE PLAY In this autobiographical drama, a broken taillight leads to the brutal beating of a highly educated, middle-class black man by a policeman in suburban Virginia. The Kennedys interweave the trial of the victimized son (accused of assaulting the offending officer) with the mother’s poignant letters in his defense and her remembrances of growing up in the 1940s,…

He Follows: Fall Play Workshop

HE FOLLOWS by Sofia Fey a play in one-act We take a journey with Tsuki, a girl plagued with a cartoon-like demon (Hiru), who tries to control her. Will he succeed?  

A Charlie Brown Christmas

by Charles Schulz.  Parkland College, December 1-11 I've focused on the final words from Linus' speech, "good will toward men" and would do a 2016 revision of the language to say, "good will towards people, animals and nature."  It's really telling that Charlie Brown uses the word "depressed" to describe how he is feeling in the midst of the commercialism he sees around him.  Snoopy's Christmas decorations don't lift his spirit.  Sally's long list to Santa doesn't lift his spirit.…

The Gun Play(s) Series

A great big THANK YOU to Nicole Anderson Cobb for writing an article on The Gun Play(s) Series that you can find in the July/August 2017 issue of The Dramatist Magazine!   ************* The Celebration Company at the Station Theater is proud to announce the Gun Play(s) Series that will feature ten 10-minute plays about gun violence in America throughout its 45th season. Four years ago Nicole Anderson-Cobb, PhD put out a call for playwrights to respond to gun violence in…

Dreamgirls

By Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Smile Politely/Rebecca Knaur News Gazette/Melissa Merli [soliloquy id="742"]   Director - Latrelle Bright Music Director - Justin M. Brauer Choreographers - Endalyn Taylor and Kemal C. Nance Production Manager/Technical Director - Nicole Bromley Scenic Coordinator - J. Michael Griggs Costume Designer - Samantha C. Jones Lighting Designer - David Krupla Sound Designer/Audio Engineer - Alec LaBau Vocal Coach/Rehearsal Accompanist - Justin M. Brauer Assistant Director - Katie Fenton…

Folklore as Communication

I had the great pleasure of spending a couple of hours with 25 energetic and determined young professionals from various countries in sub-Saharan Africa.  The topic was Folklore as Communication.  We engaged in dialogue around the varied definitions of folklore but the highlight was the creation of their own Origin stories.  There was music, dance, call and response, testimony, pain and laughter.  Thank you Department of African Studies for hosting the Mandela Washington Fellows in the Civic Leadership Institute.  I received much more…