2009 NBTF MainStage and Fringe Productions Announced

2009 NBTF MainStage Productions  Announced

The following companies have been selected to perform at the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival:
A HANDSOME WOMAN RETREATS (Li’l Magic Productions – Los Angeles, CA – starring Kim Wayans)
A ROSE AMONG THORNS (Ms. Thing Productions - Los Angeles, CA, starring Ella Joyce)** - Rosa Parks
ASCENSION (Robinson Williams Productions - Yonkers, NY)
AUNT RUDELE’S FAMILY REUNION ( Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe-Sarasota, FL)
BANANAS (Do It Yourself Productions – Los Angeles, CA)** – Josephine Baker
BEFORE THE PEOPLE CAME (Amun RA Theatre Co. – Nashville, TN)
BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE (The Black Gents of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA)
BLACK MAN RISING (Obsidian Media Group, New York, NY)
DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL (Mike Wiley Productions – Apex, NC)**
DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE (North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Winston, Salem, NC)
EXTREMITIES (starring Wendy Raquel Robinson, Dorien Wilson, Denise Dowse – Los Angeles, CA)
HALLEY’S COMET (The Halley’s Comet Foundation, Califon, NJ - starring John Amos)
HOPE: LIVING AND LOVING WITH HIV IN JAMAICA (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – Washington, DC) – Multimedia presentation
I AM WHO I AM: THE STORY OF TEDDY PENDERGRASS (Black Ensemble Theatre - Chicago, IL)
IN THE CONTINUUM (St. Louis Black Repertory Company, St. Louis, MO)
IT AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES (Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ)
JIM BECKWOURTH: THE BLACK MOUNTAIN MAN (Noroza Productions – Los Angeles, CA)**
MILES LONG AND FRIENDS EXPERIENCE (starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner – Los Angeles, CA)
NAPPY JOURNEYS (Hurrey Up Stage & Film Works – Pensacola, FL)
REUNION IN BARTERSVILLE (Cambridge Players – Los Angeles, CA)
REVENGE OF A KING (Black Theatre Troupe, Phoenix, AZ)
SHENEEQUA CHRONICLES (Blackberry Productions – New York, NY)
SINGLE BLACK FEMALE (Black Spectrum Theatre-Queens, NY)
SPEAK OF ME AS I AM (Music Sketches – Los Angeles, CA)** – Paul Robeson
SWEET MAMA STRINGBEAN (New Federal Theatre – New York, NY)
THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF DARK ALLEY (Billie Holiday Theatre – Brooklyn, NY)
THE OBITUARY (Black Academy – Dallas, TX)
THE RESURRECTION OF ALICE (Perri Tales Productions – New York, NY)
THE RETURN (Artscape – Cape Town, South Africa)
THE STY OF THE BLIND PIG (Ensemble Theatre – Houston, TX)
THROUGH THE NIGHT (Daniel Beaty Productions – New York, NY)
UNSUNG DIVA, MUSIC FOR ONE HAND CLAPPING, THE BREACH, THE LOVE PROJECT (Cultural Odyssey – San Francisco, CA)
VOICES OF THE SPIRITS IN MY SOUL (RACCA’s Seaport Salon – New York, NY)**
WHO WILL SING FOR LENA? (Lions & Butterflies Artswork – Tulsa, OK)**  – Lena Baker
WISTERIA (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – Washington, DC) – Multimedia presentation
WOMYN WITH WINGS (Flow Theater, Columbus, OH)
ZORA (3 Girls on a Wall Productions – New York, NY – starring Kim Brockington)** – Zora Neale Hurston

**The inaugural Larry Leon Hamlin Solo Performance Series

NBTF Fringe Performances Selected

Four universities have been selected to perform in the NBTF Fringe program. They are as follows:

BLACK VOICES: THE HIDDEN BRUISES (Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA)
LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL (Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN)
MAD AT MILES: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth (North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC)
THE HEIRESS (California State University Dominguez Hills – Carson, CA)