Incoming Artistic Director Jamil Jude and True Colors Theatre Company are thrilled to announce the 2019 – 2020 season, dubbed “She Griots.” The three productions of this 17th season focus on strong women playwrights, storytellers, historians and leaders of various generations.
It’s 1949, and the new mayor of Detroit is working to get rid of the blight of the city—and to move African Americans out of Detroit’s Black Bottom. Blue, a gifted trumpeter, considers selling his once thriving family jazz club, leaving his beloved Pumpkin and her dreams aside. Silver, a mysterious woman with a history, enters the scene with her own plans, turning the lives of everyone upside down.
August Wilson Monologue Competition: Mock Competition on Saturday, January 18th, 2020 at the Stillwell Theater at Kennesaw State University.
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At the start of the 1986 school year, Paulina, reigning queen bee of the Aburi Boarding School, has her sights set on winning the Miss Ghana Pageant and ultimately, the Miss Global Universe Pageant. When American transfer student Erica arrives and threatens her position atop her hive-minded friends, the power struggle begins.
Our recent Community Conversation, “My Black is Beautiful”, hosted by Carl and Mary Ware Hall at Clark Atlanta University and focusing on beauty standards, past and present, is now featured as part of AIB’s Keynote Series. Click here for air dates and channel information!
Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company presents the 13th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition Atlanta Regional Finals on Friday, March 6 at 7:30pm, at The Carlyle. Click here for more information and to reserve your ticket (admission is free)!
We invite you to join us in celebrating She Griots! Our 2019-20 season has celebrated a number of well-known and lesser-known She Griots throughout history, but the legacy of these phenomenal women lives on through all of us. Their stories inspire us to make a difference and boldly pursue our dreams.
Many of the people throughout history who have shaped the past have unfortunately been forgotten. Whether lost through relevance, repression, or ignorance, our sheroes deserve to be celebrated with the memories that keep them alive.
American songwriter, guitarist and recording artist, Sister Rosetta Tharpe embarks on a journey with young gospel singer, Marie Knight. Adding a little bit of sass to traditional gospel, this play with music sheds light on “invisible” black performers in the South and the legacies left behind.
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True Colors Theatre would like to acknowledge that the land on which we operate and perform is the traditional and ancestral land of the Creek and Muscogee Peoples. We honor this and pay our respect to elders both past and present. Learn more about Honoring Native Lands and Peoples at https://native-land.ca/ and https://usdac.us/nativeland.
Arts Capital | Atlanta
