Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble

The Weeksville Project: Mimi Harrison - Part Three

Written by Nichole Perkins.

It's the late 1920's and Harlem is the new hot spot for Black people in New York. What does that mean for the Harrison family and for Weeksville?

Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Isaiah - Derick Cross

Mimi - Ashley Miles

Peter - David Roberts

This concludes the Story of The Harrisons.

The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel.

With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible.

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The Weeksville Project: Isaiah Harrison - Part Two

It's the early 1900's, Weeksville and Brooklyn are flourishing and the Harrison family has grown.

Written by Aiesha Turman, Keisha “TK” Dutes, and Conscious. and performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble

Thank you to our Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble cast:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Cumberland - David Roberts

Virginia/Ginny - Emma Bracy

Isaiah - Derick Cross

Millicent - Keisha “TK” Dutes

Listen to Part Three to find out what’s happening with the family business and Weeksville.

The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel.

With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible.

Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed!

To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project: Cumberland Harrison - Part One.

Written by Kenzi James

Brooklyn in the mid 1800's is it's own city. Weeksville is a developing Free Black community and welcomes a new arrival from the South.

Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Cumberland - David Roberts

Aunt Miriam - Lacresha Berry

Virginia/Ginny - Emma Bracy

Salem - Conscious

Keep listening to find out what the future holds for Cumberland in Part Two.

The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel.

With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible.

Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed!

To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project: Cumberland Harrison - Part One.

Written by J. Michael Kinsey

Brooklyn in the mid 1800's is it's own city. Weeksville is a developing Free Black community and welcomes a new arrival from the South.

Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Cumberland - David Roberts

Aunt Miriam - Lacresha Berry

Virginia/Ginny - Emma Bracy

Salem - Conscious

Keep listening to find out what the future holds for Cumberland in Part Two.

The Weeksville Project was produced for Bondfire Radio by Keisha “TK” Dutes & Conscious, with sound design by Cedric Wilson. Podcast artwork by Fresh Daily. Theme music: "November" by Kai Engel.

With additional gratitude to the Brooklyn arts Council and Weeksville Heritage center for making this possible.

Please rate and review The Weeksville Project, it helps us get noticed!

To support the future of work like this, visit bondfireradio.com to make a donation.

The Weeksville Project’s first, 3 episode installment follows the fictional Harrison family through slice of life storytelling beginning with their patriarch, Cumberland’s arrival to Weeksville, Brooklyn after escaping slavery.

Written individually, by a team of accomplished writers and researchers, each story is a moment in time focusing on a key member of that generation. Thoughtful narration acquaints us with the very real history of Brooklyn, N.Y. and provides a backdrop for the decision making entailed in a families legacy and survival.

Performed by the Bondfire Radio Theatre Ensemble.

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Q&A with program producer TK and cast of The Comet. Moderated by Marcus Dargan

Reader/Actors:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Jim Davis: Dramatic Dyalekt

Julia: Vanessa Tanicien

President/Father: Tumani Everett

Fred: Drew McConnell

Black Woman/ Bank Teller: Emma Bracy

Directed and sound designed by: Keisha "TK" Dutes

Live engineer: Walker Conscious

Art by: @freshdotdaily

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Brought to you in part by #BLAM Black Lives Arts Movement & Narativ.

Brief Q&A to follow: facilitated by BLAM founder, Marcus Dargan.

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Written by Du Bois in 1920, “The Comet” is set in a vaguely futuristic, yet oddly contemporary world, in which a passing comet casts a shadow of death over Manhattan. Only two people survive: Jim, a black man whose world has been one of poverty and hard work, and Julia, a white woman who knows only leisure and privilege. If humanity is to have a future, the two must build a new world from the wreckage of the old. The story was originally published as the tenth chapter of Du Bois’s book Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil, which according to WEBDubios.org, the author, “explicitly addressed significant issues, such as the oppression of women and Eurocentric standards of beauty, the historical rise of the idea of whiteness, and the abridgement of democracy along race, class, and gender lines.

Bondfire Radio Theater Ensemble Cast:

Narrator - Aiesha Turman

Jim Davis: Dramatic Dyalekt

Julia: Vanessa Tanicien

President/Father: Tumani Everett

Fred: Drew McConnell

Black Woman/ Bank Teller: Emma Bracy

Directed and Sound Design by: Keisha "TK" Dutes

Live engineer: Conscious Walker - Produced by Bondfire Radio.

Follow @bondfireradio on Twitter & IG #TheCometBFR