Red Clay Plays

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with playwright, poet, and fiction essayist Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko!Trans, queer, non-binary, Tanzanian-American, poet-playwright-fiction-essayist NICK HADIKWA MWALUKO: Plays include: 37, S.T.A.R: Marsha P. Johnson; two queer African trilogies Waafrika and Waafrika 123; the QTPOC trans masculine THEY/THEM/THEIRS (TBA/Theater Bay Area); the queer apocalypse Homeless in the AfterLife; Blueprint for an African Lesbian; SH/Eroe; Asymmetrical We;...

A Love Letter to my Gay Beloved Andre Alexander LancasterMOJOAA Performing Arts Company Presents:A Love Letter to my Gay Beloved Andre Alexander Lancaster by Nick Hadwika MwakuloDirected by Graceson AbreuPerformed by Tristan André ParksTheme song by Dasan Ahanu and Scott WarrenSound Design and Engineering by Only Us MediaHosted by Monèt Noelle MarshallProduced by MOJOAA Performing Arts CompanyFunded in part by The Black Seed Grant, Manbites Dog Theatre, Cypress Fund, Triangle Community F...

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with professor, director, and playwright, Dr. Carlton Molette!Barbara and Carlton Molette have been Dramatists Guild members since 1971. TheMorehouse-Spelman Players premiered ROSALEE PRITCHETT in 1970. The NegroEnsemble Company produced the New York premiere In 1971, as well as a revival in 2017for their 50th anniversary season. ROSALEE PRITCHETT has also been produced by TheFreeSouthern Theatre, several universitytheatres, published byDramati...

Move the CarMOJOAA Performing Arts Company Presents:Move the Car by Barbara & Carlton MolletteDirected by Vincent DraytonCast of Move the CarWife: Verlene OatsHusband: King David HarrisAuto Guy: Christopher BaileyTheme song by Dasan Ahanu and Scott WarrenSound Design and Engineering by Only Us MediaHosted by Monèt Noelle MarshallProduced by MOJOAA Performing Arts CompanyFunded in part by The Black Seed Grant, Manbites Dog Theatre, Cypress Fund, Triangle Community Foundation, United Arts C...

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with dramaturg and playwright Ivan Mosley!Ivan Mosley is a playwright and dramaturg from North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in Theatre. His play Evelyn & His Brothers was selected as a semifinalist for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. He is a proud alumnus of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive and the Advanced Playwriting Program at the National Theatre Institute. He has developed his play...

MOJOAA Performing Arts Company Presents:An Old Broom by Ivan Mosley"Two friends talk about relationships, their future and their past all while waiting for the new year to come. Will their friendship change or will it be the same Old Broom?"Directed by Keyanna AlexanderCast of An Old BroomK.D.: Monet Noelle MarshallLakenton: Justin PeoplesTheme song by Dasan Ahanu and Scott WarrenSound Design and Engineering by Only Us MediaHosted by Monèt Noelle MarshallProduced by MOJOAA Performing Arts Com...

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with actor, writer, director, and playwright Thomas Brazzle!Thomas Brazzle is an actor, writer and director originally from Texas. He got his start training in child television and commercial performance at KD Studios in Dallas, TX. After spending time studying abroad in London and Barcelona, Thomas returned to the U.S. to focus on creating new work and working in regional theatre. He has performed at The Guthrie in Minneapolis, Shakespeare and...

MOJOAA Performing Arts Company Presents:SMOKED by Thomas Brazzle In this short snippet of the dark comedy SMOKED, we get a taste of brotherhood and BBQ as we meet the owners and the locals that frequent Flints BBQ in Austin, Texas.Directed by Leroy EdiageCast of SmokedJake: Vincent DraytonDoc: John IveyDwayne: Ronald MayberryKalob: Trent MollisonTheme song by Dasan Ahanu and Scott WarrenSound Design and Engineering by Only Us MediaHosted by Monèt Noelle MarshallProduced by MOJOAA Perform...

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with playwright, professor, and researcher Brittney S. Harris! Listen in as we share our belief in the power of the arts to change hearts and minds, finding stories in our communities and of course, the joys of being a Southern Black theatre maker.Brittney S. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of...

MOJOAA Performing Arts Company Presents:How to Tie a Tie written by Brittney S. HarrisDirected by Danielle HarrisCast of How to Tie a TieCharles Walker: Vincent DraytonGrace Walker: Julia DraytonTheme song by Dasan Ahanu and Scott WarrenSound Design and Engineering by Only Us MediaHosted by Monèt Noelle MarshallProduced by MOJOAA Performing Arts CompanyFunded in part by The Black Seed Grant, Manbites Dog Theatre, Cypress Fund, Triangle Community Foundation, United Arts Council and our MOJOAA ...