Jonathan Adams

Freedom Train Productions Begins Summer Series

If you’re in Brooklyn, you should check out Fire!, a series of developing works from a few of New York’s hottest Black LGBT playwrights. Racewire contributor, Andre Banks, reviewed a show last summer, and I plan to enjoy this year’s shows.

AUGUST 6-7, 2008 @ 7PM:
delta dandi
by Sharon Bridgforth
How does grief and trauma inform our lives?
Featuring: Maisha Azadi*, Courtney D. Ellis, Denise Lock*, and Andre St Clair Thompson
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Q & A with Lisa C. Moore (Publisher, RedBone Press) and Playwright Sharon Bridgforth on August 6th
Q & A with Thomas Lax (Curatorial Assistant, Studio Museum) and Playwright Sharon Bridgforth on August 7th

delta dandi is a Conjure. A weave of monologues, chants, choral tellings, blood memory and song, delta dandi asks: How does collective grief and trauma inform the African American experience? delta dandi invokes the Transmigration of a Spirit’s journey as she walks towards Transformation and Love.

Listen to Playwright Sharon Bridgforth share her thoughts on Blues, Langston Hughes, and Non-Linear Theatre. Courtesy of Storycorp.

Posted at 2:10 PM, Aug 05, 2008 in Music & Film | Permalink | View Comments