A Soldier’s Play
The Boston Black Theatre Collective of the William Monroe Trotter Institute
June 17, 2013
By Charles Fuller
Directed by Akiba Abaka
The Strand Theatre
543 Columbia Rd., Dorchester, Mass.
Also featuring Barry Brodsky, David Curtis, Ricardo Engerman, Keith Mascoll, Johnnie McQuarley, James Milord, Trinidad Ramkissoon, Emanuel Riggins, Jeff Robinson, and Hector Solano
Role: Captain Richard Davenport
The Rainmaker
Gloucester Stage Company
July 29, 2013
By N. Richard Nash
Directed by Barlow Adamson
The Gorton Theatre
265 E. Main St., Gloucester, Mass.
Also featuring Steven Barkhimer, Julie Jirousek, Robert D. Murphy, Alexander Platt, Richard Snee, and Michael Underhill
Role: Starbuck
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theater Collective, UMass Boston’s William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture, and UMass Boston’s Department of Performing Arts
August 19, 2013
By August Wilson
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Also featuring Kortney Adams, Steven Barkhimer, Jason Bowen, Lizzy Cooper Davis, Jonathan Louis Dent, Michelle Dowd, Christopher Lewis, Maurice Emanuel Parent, Kami Rushell Smith, Hyacinth Turiac, and Zaire White
Role: Bynam
The Strand Theatre
543 Columbia Rd.
Dorchester, Mass.
This reading was a part of a series produced by The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theatre Collective, and The Trotter Institute and Department of Performing Arts at UMass Boston to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation through the staged readings of 10 August Wilson plays. The readings were performed at various venues in Boston.
Seven Guitars
The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theater Collective, UMass Boston’s William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture, and UMass Boston’s Department of Performing Arts
October 7, 2013
By August Wilson
Directed by Summer L. Williams
Also featuring Brandon Green, Shanae Burch, Kris Sidberry, Cheryl D. Singleton, James Milord, and Johnnie McQuarley
Role: Hedley
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Mass.
This reading was a part of a series produced by The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theatre Collective, and The Trotter Institute and Department of Performing Arts at UMass Boston to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation through the staged readings of 10 August Wilson plays. The readings were performed at various venues in Boston.
Jitney
The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theater Collective, UMass Boston’s William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture, and UMass Boston’s Department of Performing Arts
November 18, 2013
By August Wilson
Directed by Emily Ranii
Also featuring Chris Louis, Obehi Janice, Daver Morrison, Paul Benford-Bruce, Rutherford Junior Cius, David Curtis, Bill Bruce, and Cliff Odle
Role: Becker
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, Mass.
This reading was a part of a series produced by The Emancipated Century, The Boston Black Theatre Collective, and The Trotter Institute and Department of Performing Arts at UMass Boston to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation through the staged readings of 10 August Wilson plays. The readings were performed at various venues in Boston.
Richard III
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Theatre in the Rough Play Reading Series
November 20, 2013
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steve Maler
Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College
Babson Park in Wellesley, Mass.
Also featuring Jeffrey Donovan, Kelby Akin, James Bocock, Amelia Broome, Will Christmann, Jared Craig, Jennifer Ellis, Julia Fein, Derek Fraser, Adam Freeman, Woody Gaul, Jerry Goodwin, Zoe Grodsky, Adrianne Krstansky, Will Lyman, Chris O’Reilly, Rick Park, Robert Pemberton, Dan Roach, Adam Sanders, Ralph Stokes, Felix Teich, Debra Wise, and Lewis D. Wheeler
Role: Lord Hastings