True Colors Theatre News

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company today announced the cancellation of its scheduled performance of “Raisin” from Feb. 18 to March 13. The performance was cancelled in an abundance of caution considering the surge in cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. In place of Raisin, a musical based on the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, True Colors will present readings of three “Raisin”-inspired plays, “Younger” from February 18 to 20, “Beneatha's Place” from February 25 to 27 and “The Etiquette of Vigilance” from March 11 to 13.

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company announced today it has received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the second year of the historic Atlanta theater company’s “The Drinking Gourd: Black Writers at Work,” a program that focuses resources on the development and production of work by Black playwrights.

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) today announced a partnership to support the Next Narrative Monologue Competition, a new, national True Colors program for high school students that will feature the works of a host of 21st Century Black playwrights.

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company today announced the Next Narrative Monologue Competition, a new, national program for high school students that will feature the works of a host of contemporary African-American playwrights.

True Colors Theatre Company is pleased to announce the addition of five members to its Board of Directors.

True Colors Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project announce the pilot year of The Drinking Gourd: Black Writers at Work, a new play program that will create a network of Black theatres linked in the shared goal to co-commission, co-develop, and co-premiere the work of Black artists across the country.

Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company is one of 855 national, and 19 Georgia-based, organizations that has received a $50,000 grant through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Over 3,100 organizations applied for this funding.