LITTLE GREEN PIG, MANBITES DOG & DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESENT:

A Festival of Contemporary American Playwrights

November 3-13, 2010
Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street in Durham.

Two weeks of bold plays and discussions on the state
of theater and race in America, with guest appearances
by Ed Bullins, Howard L. Craft and Lydia R. Diamond.

The Theme is Blackness preview from Jim Haverkamp on Vimeo.

Night Beast

          by Ed Bullins  

(adapted by Jay O'Berski)

WORLD PREMIERE
On a dystopian Black planet, a man awakes to find himself in the midst of a civil war.

Directed by Jay O’Berski
WED-SAT, NOV 3--6, 8:15 PM
Wednesday, November 3: Opening night talkback with Ed Bullins moderated by Howard L. Craft immediately after the show.

Featuring Lakeisha Coffey, Gil Faison, Trevor Johnson, Utrophia Robinson, and Regenna Rouse. 
Designed by Chuck Catotti, Emily Hower, Chelsea Kurtzman, Alex Maness and Geraud Staton.
Movement by Lormarev Jones.
Stage Managed by Jennifer Evans.

Harriet Jacobs

              by Lydia R. Diamond

A lyrical, moving adaptation of Jacobs’ American classic, Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl.

 

Directed by Dana Marks
WED-SAT, NOV 10--13, 8:15 PM
Wednesday, November 10: Opening night talkback with Lydia R. Diamond moderated by Renee Alexander Craft.

Featuring Hazel Edmond, Ed Evans, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Marilynn H. Rison, Tara-Whitney Rison, Justin Smith and Amaris Whitaker.
Designed by Chuck Catotti, Lormarev Jones and Geraud Staton.
Choreography by Andrea Woods.
Stage Managed by Jennifer Evans.

PLUS: A special video sneak peek at Howard L. Craft's Jade City Chronicles Vol. 1

Festival Curators: Jennifer Brody & Jay O'Berski

The Theme Is Blackness Festival is made possible by a Visiting Artist Grant from the College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University; Duke's Department of Theatre Studies and the Mary Lou Williams Center For Black Life; Professor Jennifer Brody; and a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.