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(re)clamation is an intervention in the current conversation around theater history. This podcast from CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience recenters and uplifts the Black writers and storytellers of the American theater - both the celebrated and the forgotten. Each act of the podcast will explore a different era or theme in Black theater history through interviews, conversations, and excerpts of first-hand accounts. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Conceived and Written by CLASSIX (Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo) https://www.theclassix.org

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    • Feb 20, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    Act 2 Episode Six: Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 31:00


    Episode 6: Epilogue In this episode we gather reflections from artists and scholars on Childress's enduring legacy. Guests: Soyica Colbert, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, friends of CLASSIX

    Act 2 Episode Five: Directing Childress

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 36:48


    pisode 5: Directing Childress A group of directors (and uber-Childress fans!) gather to chat about their experiences directing her works.. Moderated by Arminda Thomas Guests: Jade King Carroll, Dominique Rider, Awoye Timpo, Nicole Watson

    Act 2 Episode Four: Making Wedding Band

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 44:09


    Episode 4: Making Wedding Band This week we take a deep dive into the 2022 production of Childress's Wedding Band at Theatre for a New Audience, marking the first professional production of the play in New York since 1972. Members of the cast and creative team join Dominique for a conversation about bringing this masterpiece to life. Guests: Jason Ardizzone-West, Brittany Bradford, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo, Elizabeth Van Dyke

    Act 2 Episode Three: The Political Life of Alice Childress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 38:38


    Dominique speaks with Professor Mary Helen Washington, author of The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s, and numerous other works. Guest: Mary Helen Washington

    Act 2 Episode Two: A Conversation with Kathy Perkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 37:12


    This week Dominique and Arminda are joined by legendary lighting designer and historian Kathy A. Perkins about her collaboration with Alice Childress and how she came to edit the anthology of Childress's plays. Guest: Kathy A. Perkins

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    Act 2 Episode One: In Search of Alice Childress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 51:05


    Host Dominique Rider connects with dramaturg and CLASSIX team member Arminda Thomas to talk through the biography and legacy of Alice Childress. Guest: Arminda Thomas

    Act 2 Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 0:57


    Playwright, performer, novelist, and cultural critic, Alice Childress looms as an incredibly important but often forgotten figure within the history of our American theater. The breadth of her writing intersects with major movements of Black artistic and political thought, and yet, until recently her work has been relegated to the shadows. For Act 2 of (re)clamation, CLASSIX shines a light on the life, work and legacy of Alice Childress.

    Episode 6: Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 16:16


    A glimpse into the resources and research that shaped Act 1.

    Episode Five: In Search of In Dahomey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 56:24


    In this episode, the full CLASSIX team gets together for a deep-dive exploration into the 1903 Broadway musical In Dahomey. Featuring: Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo Featuring the voices of: Steven Anthony Jones, Kareem Lucas

    Episode Four: The End of the Beginning (1910-1922)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 33:58


    What falls apart, what shifts, and what remains? A conversation about the legacy of the minstrelsy era. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Guests include: Michael Dinwiddie, Rhiannon Giddens and Ayanna Thompson Featuring: Galen Kane, Korey Jackson, Motell Foster, Steven Anthony Jones, Toussaint JeanLouis

    Episode Three: Black Musical Beginnings (1894-1909)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 40:45


    A journey with Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, Bert Williams and George Walker - visionaries of song and performance, and creators of Black musical theater. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Conceived and Written by CLASSIX Guests include: Michael Dinwiddie and Rhiannon Giddens Featuring: Lee Aaron Rosen, Keith Randolph Smith, Motell Foster, Korey Jackson, Galen Kane, Steven Anthony Jones, Toussaint JeanLouis, Lynette Freeman

    Episode Two: The Alt-Minstrelsy Scene (1871-1891)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 42:37


    Episode Two: The Alt-Minstrelsy Scene (1871-1891) by CLASSIX

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    Episode One: The Georgia Minstrels (1864-1878)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 38:45


    An exploration of one of the first successful Black minstrel troupes and of the careers it launched, particularly that of its legendary leader, Charles B. Hicks. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Guests include: Rhiannon Giddens Featuring: Lynnette Freeman, Anthony Fusco, Toussaint JeanLouis, Lee Aaron Rosen

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 2:20


    (re)clamation is an intervention in the current conversation around theater history. This podcast from CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience recenters and uplifts the Black writers and storytellers of the American theater - both the celebrated and the forgotten. Each act of the podcast will explore a different era or theme in Black theater history through interviews, conversations, and excerpts of first-hand accounts. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Conceived and Written by CLASSIX (Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo)

    Teaser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 2:06


    (re)clamation is an intervention in the current conversation around theater history. This podcast from CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience recenters and uplifts the Black writers and storytellers of the American theater - both the celebrated and the forgotten. Each act of the podcast will explore a different era or theme in Black theater history through interviews, conversations, and excerpts of first-hand accounts. Join us starting July 11 for a 6-week exploration of Black Performance in the Era of Minstrelsy. Hosted by Brittany Bradford Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience Conceived and Written by CLASSIX (Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo)

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