black theatre history podcast

Director, actor, producer, & educator Ron Himes is the founder and producing director of the Black Rep in St. Louis, MO. He discusses the company’s history, his evolution as an artist, and his goals for the company’s future in an exciting live interview at BTN.

To learn more about the Black Rep, click here.

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check out keith’s demo reel here: https://www.keitharthurbolden.com/demo-reel-1

Keith Arthur Bolden, #theactingprofessor, has a lengthy acting career. his full bio can be found here, with screen credits found on his IMDB page.

information about the Black Theatre Network’s StudentQuest Monologue Competition can be accessed here.

In a Live from BTN interview, Ron Simons discusses how he came to be a Broadway producer, what the work requires, and what he’s excited about coming up next.

Check out the SimonSays Entertainment website for Ron’s bio, testimonials and highlights about his past productions, and information about upcoming projects at https://simonsaysentertainment.com.

Playwright Chisa Hutchinson discusses her career arc, how she communicates to her audiences and her hopes for what her plays can achieve within our american society. We particularly get to talk about the juicy technical needs of her upcoming play, Whitelisted, at CATF, and how playwrights & production teams make it all work!

Kathy A. Perkins discusses her career in lighting design, and how she came to balance professional work with academic publishing and teaching.

You can find & purchase all of Kathy’s books here.

To read a great interview between Kathy and Roundabout’s teaching artist Artist Nafeesa Monroe about Alice Childress, Kathy’s books about Black American theatre professionals, and her work on Trouble in Mind, click here.

Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates (“Dr. T”) shares the origins, discovery, and application of Ritual Poetic Drama in the African Continuum.

check out the ConciliationLAB’s mission, productions, and community-based work at theconciliationlab.org.

for more information about the work of the Conciliation Project, click here.

to watch Dr. T’s TED talk, click here.

(she also has a pretty great lecture that she did for VCUArts, “from shakespeare to shange” - you can watch it here.)

the text, Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches can be purchased here.

learn about the Black Acting Methods Studio at their website.

Marcia Pendelton is an audience development specialist, group sales star, producer, and the founder & CEO of Walk Tall Girl Productions. She shares her personal journey, the stories behind the creation and success of her company, the origins of the Black Theatre Preview, and her goals for the future in this enlightening & inspiring interview.

To read the Playbill.com article on Marcia, click here.

To get onto the WalkTallGirl Black Theatre Online mailing list, follow this link.

Listen to Backstage Stories, Marcia’s weekly radio show,

here on WBAI Radio.

Scholar Khalid Yaya Long discusses the life and work of seminal director & devisor Glenda Dickerson.

Producer, director, and playwright Greg Williams, Jr. talks about the need for joy and comedy in black theatre, the flexibility of not having a formal theatre building, and what he envisions for the future of New Venture Theatre and the field at large.

To learn more about New Venture Theatre, check out their website at https://newventuretheatre.org.

Playwright, scholar, and black theatre advocate Michael Dinwiddie discusses his work, trends in Black theatre, and his hopes for the future of Black theatre in America.