May 2021 – ACT Contemporary Theatre

History of Theatre Artists Roundtable Benefitting The Hansberry Project

Playwright Reginald André Jackson and director Valerie Curtis-Newton sat down with artists Tracy Hughes, Eugene Lee, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako and M.L. Roberts for an engaging and informative hour exploring the themes in the multi-year work, History of Theatre: About, By, For and Near and the importance of this legacy to their lives as artists. Recorded May 20, 2021. The journey through over 200 years of Black theatre begins… Streaming through June 6 ACT and The Hansberry [...]

By |2021-05-26T14:06:03-07:00May 26th, 2021|Cast and Crew Interviews|Comments Off

Reginald André Jackson: Writing Tomorrow’s History, Today

“Certain things are left up to the people who are writing the history, so certain things don’t make the narrative,” says playwright Reginald André Jackson. Until now. Enter actor turned playwright Reginald André Jackson. By his own admission, he’s not a historian, and yet he did and continues to write the history of theatre — specifically, Black theatre. Influenced by the We See You, White American Theater and Black Lives Matter movements, Jackson is [...]

By |2021-05-24T10:51:58-07:00May 24th, 2021|ACTFocus, Cast and Crew Interviews|Comments Off

ACTLocal Playwright Series with Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth and Kelly Kitchens

Crumbs/Migas playwright Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth and director Kelly Kitchens (A Christmas Carol) came together to discuss their collaboration on this new work and much more in this ACTLocal Playwright Series panel. The hour includes one of the play’s scenes as performed during a cast reading and audience Q&A. Crumbs/Migas Synopsis In a fictional Latin American country, two hungry children are orphaned by a U.S.- backed coup. Fifteen years later they return, a modern-day Hansel and [...]

By |2021-05-19T13:28:47-07:00May 19th, 2021|ACTLocal|Comments Off