Couple’s Theatre Workshop!

Couple’s Theatre! Saturday, November 10 6:00pm – 8:00pm Fee: $15 per participant Capacity: 10 couples Couple’s Theatre is two hours of theatre games, improvisation and devising! Couples of all kinds (life partners, siblings, co-workers, besties, neighbors etc.) are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing that you can move and groove in. Join us for a fun way to connect with your bestie and other humans. You can pay at the door with cash OR you can pay online HERE: https://www.urbanadancecompany.com/register Scroll down…

Potluck & Play: IS GOD IS by Aleshea Harris

    The first Potluck and Play in the new space was a great experience! The readers read the hell outta their characters and the listeners were so thoughtful in their responses to this powerful, brutal and funny piece of theatre.   To the bone it was indicative of what I wish the Performance Studio space to feel like.  Home and comfort. ****** Potluck and Play is a series of play readings that I will host at Performance Studio with good people,…

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CPCP Catalyst Initiative: Journey to Water

Prairie Rivers Network and theatre artist Latrelle Bright have teamed up for a "Journey to Water", an effort to connect and discuss the relationship of African-Americans to water and local water sources.  An intergenerational group of 20 African Americans will caravan to the Middle Fork Vermillion River for a day excursion on Saturday, September 22nd.  The event is free and will be filled with storytelling, story-sharing, photography, canoeing, art and education about water, our precious resource. This effort is made…

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ART NOW

Artist, Latrelle Bright, speaks about her artwork on this episode of Art Now. Art Now is an award-winning mini-documentary series that has produced over 80 episodes on local artists working in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding areas since July 2010. A joint production by the Urbana Public Arts Program and Urbana Public Television, Art Now highlights members of the Urbana's creative community and introduces local artists to the viewers of the program. For more information, visit: www.urbanaillinois.us/artnow. Art Now Interview with…

Stories in the Water for Memphis FRINGE

I am happy to announce that I will be performing a new solo piece at the Voices of the South Memphis FRINGE Performance Festival in April 2018! Stories in the Water explores deeply rooted relationships black people have with our most precious resource. From the shore of the vast ocean to the “community” swimming pool, a woman leads an expedition through the memory water holds. Leaving the safety of solid ground, water engulfs her, carries her across space time and delivers her…

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Fun Home

The Station Theatre presents: Promo Video FUN HOME based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel Music Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her…