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Keith Arthur Bolden, #theactingprofessor - Live from BTN!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022


NEW EPISODE COMING SOON!check out keith's demo reel here: https://www.keitharthurbolden.com/demo-reel-1Keith 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. Black Theatre History Podcast RSS

Ron Simons: Broadway producer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022


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. Black Theatre History Podcast RSS

Chisa Hutchinson, playwright

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022


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.

Kathy A. Perkins: Lighting Design and Literary Scholarship

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022


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. Black Theatre History Podcast RSS

Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates: Ritual Poetic Drama in the African Continuum

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021


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

Marcia Pendelton: Walk Tall Girl Productions

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021


Audience Development and Public Relations specialist Marcia Pendelton discusses her life, her work, and the origins of WalkTallGirl Productions and the Black Theatre Preview.

Khalid Long on Glenda Dickerson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 38:52


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

Greg Williams and New Venture Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 29:58


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.

Michael Dinwiddie: writing, scholarship, and service

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020


playwright, historian, & arts manager michael dinwiddie discusses his origins in detroit, his continuing work as a scholar & playwright, and how his work with numerous boards & institutions pave the way for the future of black theatre.

Blair Underwood: craft & career

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 32:05


actor blair underwood discusses his early years as an actor, his journey through a television & film career, and why he continues to return to the stage, his first & truest theatrical love.

Indira Etwaroo and the Billie Holiday Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020


Dr. Indira Etwaroo discusses her own origins & career, and joins kb saine in celebrating the success of RestorationArt's major programs, including the great theatre work happening at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn.

Gary Anderson: BLACK THEATRE SURVEY 2016-2017

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2019 31:16


gary anderson discusses his research for and findings from the black theatre survey 2016-2017: a report on the health of black theatre in america.

Dominique Morisseau: The Detroit Projects

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 28:58


kb saine talks with playwright Dominique Morisseau about her Detroit Trilogy, her influences and intentions as a playwright, and the contemporary realities of Jim Crow Theatre.

young, gifted, & black! -Tiffany Renee Thompson & Taylor N. Daniels

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 38:32


Tiffany Renee Thompson & Taylor N. Daniels talk about what it means to be young, working black actors in the American Theatre.

Ekundayo Bandele: Hattiloo Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2018 25:23


Interview with Ekundayo Bandele, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Hattiloo Theatre about his career, the origins & history of the theatre, and his vision for moving forward.

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Angelica Cheri: "Berta, Berta"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2018 1500:00


Angelica Cheri discusses her new work, "Berta, Berta" just before its world premiere at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival

Carlyle Brown: "Down In Missippi" & "Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 23:23


Carlyle Brown discusses his career & two new publications, 'Down In Missippi' & 'Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House'

Colorstruck: Surviving the Trumpocalypse -Donald Lacy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2018 16:46


Donald Lacy has been touring his one-man show, "Colorstruck," for the past six years. Upon the inauguration of 45, he began touring the show as "Colorstruck: Surviving the Trumpocalypse." He discusses that work here.

Barbara & Carlton Molette: 'Our Dreams'

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2017 15:10


a student reading of Barbara & Carlton Molette's ten-minute play, "Our Dreams"

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Greg Horton, costume designer: Live from BTN!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 29:03


live from the Black Theatre Network 31st annual conference, costume designer Gregory Horton discusses the career that led to his NBTF lifetime achievement award for costume design.

sugar ray: the one-man show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 29:04


kb saine discusses Sugar Ray, a one-man show written by lawrence holder, directed by woodie king, and performed by reggie wilson.

Woodie King, Jr. & The New Federal Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 17:30


kb saine hosts a discussion woodie king (with special guest selaelo maredi castillo) about the new federal theatre's work & about the social impact & implications of race in contemporary theatre.

the beginnings of the Black Theatre Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 9:54


kb saine sits down with Dr. Ethel Pitts Walker & learns the true story about the origins of the Black Theatre Network

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