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Black Theatre Network 26th Annual Conference
Black Theatre by Design
July 27-30, 2012 - Atlanta, GA
Suggested topics: Designing Black Theatre for the Proscenium Arch - HBCUs and the Evolution of Theater Space(s) - Black Pioneers in Costume, Lighting, Set and Props Design - Challenges to Black Performance Onstage - Designing Ritual Spaces - The Afrocentric Aesthetic and Dramaturgy -African Masking Traditions - - - - MORE INFO | |
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 A networking and professional development resource for those dedicated to the exploration & preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora.
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Black Theatre's Unprecedented Times - "At an unprecedented time at the end oftheTwentieth Century Black people did something to continue the struggle toward the recognition of a rich theatrical heritage."
. . .The moment is already in our hands. It is pregnant with possibilities that ennoble. Our collective muscle is no longer in danger of atrophy. . . August Wilson
The Report on Wilson's Summits of 1998 available for reading online
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WELCOME! For 25 years, the Black Theatre Network has collected, processed and distributed information that supports the professional and personal development of its membership (comprised of representatives from all areas of theatre, community and professional organizations, and academic institutions).
BTN is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. It has a four-point action program:
PROVIDE Black Theatre artists··and scholars with a milieu to exchange ideas
PREPARE our youth to make "sound" graduate school and professional career decisions
ENCOURAGE the production of plays about the Black experience
RECOGNIZE outstanding contributions to the field of Black Theatre
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Black Theatre Network
26th Annual Conference
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BTN's Woodie King Jr. will be inducted into the 2011 Theater Hall of Fame, Playbill.announced on Sept. 26. Woodie will join actors Ben Vereen,and Tyne Daly; costume designer Ann Roth; director Daniel Sullivan; producers George White and Elliot Martin; and, posthumously, director Paul Sills.
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Heads Up Productions and University of Akron graduate India Burton announce the launch of a new theatre company, Ma’Sue Productions. Burton, a long-time member of Heads Up, will serve as the company’s artistic director., Read more
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Got Your Copy Yet?
Recent books by BTN members
Selected Plays by Alice Childress
Edited by Kathy A. Perkins
As the first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in 1952) and the first woman to win an Obie for Best Play (for Trouble in Mind, in 1956), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly under-recognized place in American drama. . . . Read More
Theorizing Black Theatre: Art vs Protest in Critical Writings 1898 - 1965
By Henry Miller
Henry Miller brings the heart of a dramaturg over the role of Black Theatre--is it for the sake of building a set of aesthetically strong dramatic art . . . or for the sake of propagandizing a point of view? Read More
Say Word!
Voices from Hip Hop Theater
An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction by Daniel Banks
The phenomenon known as Hip Hop encompasses a global, multiethnic, grassroots culture committed to social justice and self-expression through performance. Hip Hop Theater emerged from that culture, mixing spoken-word performance with music and dance and marked by Hip Hop's strong sense of activism and resistance. . . Read More
Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930
by Koritha Mitchell
Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890–1930 demonstrates that popular lynching plays were mechanisms through which African American communities survived actual and photographic mob violence. Often available in periodicals, lynching plays were read aloud or acted out by black church members, schoolchildren, and families.e.. . . Read More
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Spike Lee to host Obama fundraiser in New York (AP)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will be getting some high-profile fundraising help next week from director Spike Lee and musicians Al Green and India.Arie.
Obama is expected to travel to New York on Thursday for a high-dollar fundraiser at Lee's home and a campaign event at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, with performances by Green, India.Arie and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
About 40 people are expected at the Lee fundraiser, with tickets costing $35,800 per person, while tickets to the Apollo event will start at $100 per person, according to a Democratic official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the events had not been announced.
Obama raised more than $220 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and has held fundraisers in Chicago and Washington this month in preparation for the upcoming campaign.
Rihanna Leads 2012 Crossovers Into New Territory
'Battleship' takes pop star from Billboard to big screen, while Taylor Swift and Brooklyn Decker forge ahead in new career paths.
By Kara Warner
Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna in "Battleship"
Photo: Universal Pictures
During this optimistic first week of the new year, it's time to think about our favorite entertainers who are poised to make a big impact outside their typical areas of expertise. We're talkin' crossovers, of course, including multitalented musicians-turned-actors, actors-turned-musicians, models-turned-actors, actors-turned-authors, wrestlers-turned-actors and other hyphenates!
Here's a look at a
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Kanye West In Talks To Join 'Jetsons' Movie, Producer Confirms
After 'Ye mentioned his possible involvement in the film, Denise Di Novi tells MTV News about a 'fun brainstorming conversation' with the MC.
By Eric Ditzian
Kanye West
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/ Getty Images
In what would easily be the coolest movie news of 2012, Kanye West dropped word in the midst of a scorching series of Twitter updates that he was in discussions to join up with a long-gestating adaptation of "The Jetsons."
"I was just discussing becoming the creative director for the Jetson movie," he wrote.
Could it be true? The live-action
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Etta James Hospitalized After Experiencing Difficulty Breathing (omg!)
Etta James was hospitalized Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing, her manager tells
The Los Angeles Times.
The "At Last" singer, 73, was taken to a Southern California hospital on Wednesday and is now on a breathing apparatus. Lupe de Leon, James' manager for 30 years, reportedly said the singer is "in pretty bad shape."
Etta James terminally ill with chronic leukemia
It is unknown when or if James will be able to be released from the hospital. It was recently revealed that James is suffering from terminal leukemia. She is also suffering from dementia and had been receiving at-home care.
She previously battled sepsis this past May and in January of 2010.
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