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WHAT'S GOING ON... May/June 2008


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JUNE 1, 2008     -     6:00pm
Inaugural Staged Reading Series

The Bridge Theatre
Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY  10030

Tickets:  $10.00
for reservations - 212-491-5746
or e-mail sweetpeadbb@hotmail.com

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Get out and support your fellow artists during the 2007-2008 Arts Season. There is much great art to be enjoyed.

If you've missed SweetPea Producers, we're around. We are in the the process of raising money for a short film. We're almost halfway there. Keep us in your prayers.

"See you at the Theatre!"

  •   WHAT'S GOING ON!
  • 2008 - March/April - 2008


    CONFERENCES & AWARDS:
    March 4-Apirl 6, 2008 - August Wilson's 20th Century.  Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC www.KennedyCenter.com.

March 5-8, 2008 - Fifth Annual BaoBao Fest - Bolder, CO - Drumming, Dancing, and Storytelling presented by Former members of the world-renowned Ghana Dance Ensemble (Ghana’s premier professional dance company) and Abibigromma (resident theater company, University of Ghana, Legon) www.baobaofest.org Tel - 303-449-2671.

ARTS:
February 28-March 3, 2008 - ArtExpo New York, The Javitz Center, New York City, NY.  artexpos.com.

October 23-25, 2008 - Professional Photographers - PhotoExpo 2008 - The Javitz Center, New York City, NY.  photoplusexpo.com.

BOOKS:
May 29 - June 1, 2008 - BookExpo America, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. bookexpoamerica.com.

DANCE:
African American Dance Ensemble - www.africanamericandanceensemble.org Tel - 919-560-2729
March 2-8 2008 - Beaufort Co. Arts, Washington NC
March 18 2008 - Durant Rd Elementary School, Raleigh NC
March 25 2008 - Durham Academy, Durham NC

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - North American Tour - www.alvinailey.org
March 5 - 9, 2008 - Zellerbach Hall, Berkley, CA - 510-642-9988
March 11 - 16, 2008 - Orange County PAC, Costa Mesa, CA - 714-556-2787
March 25 - 26, 2008 - The Mondavi Center, Davis, CA - 866-754-2787
March 28 - 30, 2008, The Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA - (206) 292-2787

Ailey II - North American Tour - wwwalvinailey.org
March 1, 2008 - Lyte Auditorium, Millersville, PA - (717) 872-3811
March 2, 2008 - CAPA Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT - 1-800-228-6622
March 8, 2008 - Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts, Middletown, CT - (860) 685-3355
March 9, 2008 - Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston, NY - 845-473-2072

Dallas Black Dance Theatre - www.dbdt.com 214-871-2376.
March 1-2, 2008 - Porgy & Bess with The Dallas Opera-Music Hall at Fair Park, Dallas, TX
March 23, 2008 - Easter Sunrise Service-St. Paul United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
March 28, 2008 - Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Diamano Coura - www.diamanocoura.org Tel - 510-733-1077.
March 13 - 16, 2008 - 13th Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines - Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Theatre, Oakland, CA.

Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago - www.muntu.com 773-602-1135
March 15, 2008 - John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 

FILM:
To Come -

MUSIC:
To Come -

THEATRE:
February 7 – March 30, 2008 - THIS FAR BY FAITH by Marylene Whitehead, an ETA Creative Arts production, Chicago, IL. www.etacreativearts.org Tel - 773-752-3955.

February 8 - March 8, 2008 - SUNNY’S BLUES by James Baldwin, a WORD FOR WORD and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre production, San Francisco, CA

March 20 - April 20, 2008 - FENCES by August Wilson, a Lorraine Hansberry Theatre production, San Francisco, CA. www.lorrainehansburytheatre.com  Tel - 415 474-8800

February 13 - March 9, 2008 - RADIO GOLF by August Wilson, a Black Repertory Theatre production, St. Louis, MO. www.diamanocoura.org   Tel - 314-534-3810.

February 21 - March 16, 2008 - THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson, a Penumbra production, St. Paul, MN. www.penumbratheatre.org   Tel - 651-224-3180.

February 28 - March 30, 2008 - LOSING THE LIGHT by John Schrevin Foster, a Billie Holiday Theatre production, Brooklyn, NY. www.thebillieholiday.org Tel - 718-636-0918.

February 28 - March 9, 2008 - AFRICAN FOLKTALES, a Freedom Theatre production, Philadelphia, PA. www.freedomtheatre.org Tel - 25-978-8497.

March 13-30, 2008 - EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS by Eugene Lee, at the John Paul Theatre, a Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. production, Phoenix, AZ. www.blacktheatretroupe.org Tel - 602 258-8129.

March 2-16, 2008 - STORIES ABOUT THE OLD DAYS by Bill Harris, at the Wendall Narcisse Theatre, a African American Performing Arts Community Theatre production, Miami, FL. www.aapact.com Tel - 305-638-6771.

March 14 - April 6, 2008 - HOLES adapted by Louis Sachar, a Karamu House production, Cleveland, OH. www.karamu.com Tel - 216-795-7070.

March 16, 2008 (open run) - I AM WHO I AM - The Story of Teddy Pendergrass by Jackie Taylor, a Black Ensemble Theatre production, Chicago, IL. www.blackensembletheatre.org Tel - 773-769-4451.

March 20 - April 30, 2008 - THE TALENTED TENTH by Richard Wesley, a Congo Square Theatre production, Chicago, IL. www.congosquaretheatre.org Tel - 773-296-1108.

March 21 – April 20, 2008 - CROWNS by Regina Taylor, a Jubilee Theatre production, Dallas, TX. www.jubileetheatre.org. Tel - 817-338-4411.

March 28 - May 4, 2008 - WEBEIME by Layon Gray, a Negro Ensemble Company production, New York, NY. www.negroemsemblecompany.org Tel - 212-582-5860.

March 20 - April 5, 2008 - LAVENDER LIZARDS AND LILAC LANDMINES by Ntazoke Shange, a Kuntu Repertory Theatre production, Pittsburgh, PA. www.kuntu.org Tel - 412-624-7298.

April 10 - May 18, 2008 - The Etymology of Bird by Zakiyyah Alexander, a Providence Black Theatre Repertory Company production, Providence, RI. www.blackrep.org Tel - 401-351-0353.

April 11- May 18, 2008 - NEVIS MOUNTAIN DEW by Steve Carter, a Towne Street Theatre production, Los Angeles, CA. www.townestreet.org Tel - 213-624-4796.

April 17 - May 11, 2008 - FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland, an M Ensemble production, Miami, FL. www.themensemble.com Tel - 305-895-8955.

June 19 - July 13, 2008 - BLUES IN THE NIGHT by Sheldon Epps, an M Ensemble production, Miami, FL. www.themensemble.com Tel - 305-895-8955.

May 23-25, 2008 - ALICE AND THE WONDERLAND REVUE at the Buriel Clay Theatre, a African- American Shakespeare production, San Francisco, CA. www.african-americanshakes.org Tel - 1-800-838-3006.

May 22 - June 8, 2008 - SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ by Leiber and Stoller, a Black Theatre Troupe, Inc. production, Phoenix, AZ. www.blacktheatretroupe.org Tel - 602 258-8129.

FINAL CURTAIN:


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