Cheryl Wood Empowers presents:
A Woman’s Narrative
Saturday, October 20, 2018 . 9AM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Gildenhorn Recital Hall
A full-day empowerment summit where women from across the world gather to boldly share their stories of challenge, struggle, success and triumph to inspire others.
Tickets: click here.
Second Season:
Lost Sons by Niree Turner and
Rockfish by Sydney Lemelin
October 19 & 20, 2018
Fri, Oct 19, 2018 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 20, 2018 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 20, 2018 . 7:00PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre
Rockfish
by Niree Turner
Rockfish is a piece was inspired by rockfish dinners, aunties who aren’t really your auntie, and the strange circumstances under which the playwright’s grandmother’s belongings were replaced with rocks.
Lost Sons
by Sydney Lemelin
This hip-hop theater piece explores the impact of mass incarceration in the black community. The effects of an imprisoned father ripple throughout the entire family and community, and the play highlights the sharp differences in families with and without a father figure around. It also demonstrates differences in how white men and black men are sentenced.
Free, tickets are required. Click here.
Stew and the Negro Problem
Notes of a Native Song
Friday, October 19, 2018 . 8PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre
Tony and Obie Award-winning writer and composer Stew delves into the rich legacy of activist writer James Baldwin in this new music and theater experience alongside long-time collaborator and co-composer Heidi Rodewald and an all-star band. Stew’s uniquely incisive lyrics are wrapped in an irresistible mix of rock, rhythm and blues, and jazz in this powerful homage to the inspiring writer, who famously confronted issues of gender, race, and class distinction with wisdom and fire.
Tickets: General public $25, Student/Youth $10. click here.
Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Ron Himes
October 5 – 12, 2018
Fri, Oct 5, 2018 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 6, 2018 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 6, 2018 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 7, 2018 . 2:00PM
Wed, Oct 10, 2018 . 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 11, 2018 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 12, 2018 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre
Seymour’s just another jerk working down on Skid Row, haplessly pining after his coworker Audrey and keeping his head down. Suddenly, opportunity falls into his lap in the form of a mysterious new plant. A carnivorous, conniving – not to mention singing – new plant that promises to fulfill Seymour’s every wish in exchange for human blood. This classic sci-fi musical comedy packs a gleefully witty Motown/pop-rock score from the creative team behind Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and more. “[A] gleefully twisted musical featuring a man-eating plant and killer doo-wop tunes.” – The Washington Post
Tickets: General public $25, Student/Youth $10. click here.
Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic Night
Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, general admission.
Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.
Want to try out your own performance chops? Show up and sign up! Just looking for a night of entertainment from some of the most talented students in the metro area? Simply take a seat and enjoy the show.
Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!
Free, no tickets required.
