WHAT'S GOING PEOPLE... HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL. AS FOR ME, I JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED MY 30TH, THIS PAST SUNDAY AT THE GOODLIFE. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT, AND EVERYONE WHO SENT ME SOME WELL WISHES, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I WAS GOING TO DO A THANK YOU VIDEO, BUT GOT SIDETRACK WITH SOME PROJECTS I HAVE COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP I REALLY HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
AS SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY KNOW, I WAS THINKING OF "RETIRING" FROM THE WHOLE CLUB PROMOTING, I HAVE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. I HAVE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCES, SOME BAD EXPERIENCES, AND AS WELL SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES. AFTER MY DEPARTURE FROM POETIC ESCAPE, WHICH REALLY I DIDN'T WANT TO DO, BUT I HAD TO BECAUSE MY PARTNER AND I DIDN'T SEE THINGS THE SAME WAY, GRANTED WE HAD A GOOD RUN FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS, BUT THERE WERE TO MANY THINGS I DIDN'T AGREE WITH, AND HE DIDN'T AGREE WITH OR WOULDN'T BUDGE ONE... AND SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING ON PAPER THE BEST THINGS FOR MY PIECE OF MIND WAS TO STEP BACK.... TRUST ME IT WAS ONE HARD DECISION TO MAKE, IT FELT LIKE I GAVE UP ON MY FRIENDS AND MY GOAL TO PRODUCE QUALITY EVENTS.
SO AFTER SOME SOUL SEARCHING AND A MAJOR WEBSITE AND COMPANY RECONSTRUCTION, I DECIDED I'M NOT GIVING UP BECAUSE OF OTHERS AND THEIR SELF-MOTIVATED AGENDAS, BUT I WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. ENTERTAINMENT COMES IN VARIOUS FORMS, AND IT SEEM THAT AS A PEOPLE WE DON'T SEEK THESE OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE ARE SO WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH ISN'T MUCH.
I'VE BEEN TO A FEW PLAYS THIS PAST YEAR, AND ONE THING THAT ALWAYS STUCK OUT FOR ME IS THAT THERE WEREN'T MANY OF US, AND BY US I MEAN BLACK PEOPLE - THERE TO ENJOY THESE SHOWS, THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR US AND BY US. SO WHY WEREN'T WE THERE. I FEEL WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST TOUCH WITH THE ARTS AND ALL WE CAN DO IS SHAKE OUR ASSES, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT, BUT WE CAN'T PARTY ALL WEEK AND WEEKEND LONG. CAN WE?
SO I REACH OUT TO COMPANY ONE, WHICH PRODUCE PLAYS ALL YEAR LONG, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING A PROMOTIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO PLAYS PRODUCES FOR US AND BY US. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME ON JANUARY 15TH, 2010 AT THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS PLAZA THEATRE THEATRE, FOR THE OPENING OF THE GOOD NEGRO
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BEFORE THERE WAS CHANGE, THERE WAS BIRMINGHAM. WHEN CLAUDETTE SULLIVAN IS BEATEN AND ARRESTED FOR TAKING HER LITTLE GIRL INTO THE “WHITE ONLY” RESTROOM AT A DEPARTMENT STORE, SHE FINDS HERSELF AT THE HEART OF THE 1960’S AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. TENSIONS BUILD IN THE INCREASINGLY HOSTILE SOUTH AS A TRIO OF EMERGING BLACK LEADERS ATTEMPTS TO CONQUER THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEMONS AMID DEATH THREATS FROM THE KU KLUX KLAN AND WIRETAPS BY THE FBI. THOUGH THE DETAILS AND CHARACTERS MAY BE FICTIONALIZED, THESE PERSONAL STORIES ARE INSPIRED BY POLITICAL UPHEAVALS AND THE HISTORICAL RECORD, REVEALING THE HUMAN FRAILTIES BEHIND THE HISTORIC HEADLINES.
Written by Tracey Scott Wilson
Directed by Summer L. Williams
January 15th – February 6th 2010
The Plaza Theatre @ The Boston Center for the Arts
