Through “Blackness Is Not A Monolith,” True Colors examines the ways Blackness permeates global cultures and subcultures, intersecting with not only a variety of ethnicities and races, but also with artistic movements, Queer culture, religions and geographies. “Blackness is not a monolith” is a refrain often used to push back against stereotypical representations of Black communities. In this three-year cycle, True Colors pushes back against these stereotypes to expand understanding of the breadth of Blackness. True Colors will produce and celebrate plays centered in the United States of America; stories from The Continent and its descendants living in other lands; Black Queer narratives; explorations of Afro-Latinidad and bi-racial culture; Christian and non-Christian religious practices; legends from the Caribbean; and more. We will present familiar stories in new ways, re-investigate classic Black texts for a new generation, and challenge the conventions of what defines a “Black play.”

“For 20 years, True Colors featured a mix of classic and contemporary Black stories. As we enter our next era, we seek to establish our organization as the home of innovation and the creation of the next generation of new Black narratives. Atlanta has been the epicenter of invention in the arts – True Colors aligns itself with this history as it seeks to develop and world premiere new plays by Black artists and helps to create a new canon of Black theatrical work.”