The Final Reading of the 2006/2007 Season at the Schomburg will be this Wednesday, June 20th at 7:00pm
EMACIPATION
by OBIE Award winner Ty Jones
On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion that became a watershed event in America’s long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. EMANCIPATION is a thoughtful, powerful, and visceral examination of this pivotal moment in American society. The foundation of the play is based on Nat Turner’s confession given in 1831 to Thomas R. Gray, however, EMANCIPATION transcends being a story about a historical figure to one about a period of time, which altered the course of US history.
Our Open House will be on Saturday, June 30th from 3 – 6p.m. and we will be doing readings from the the plays written in our Advanced Playwriting Workshop which was led by Leslie Lee. The Playwrights whose work will be featured are Joan M. Baker with Bonfire Night: Beth Ann Jacobson with Dream Play; Quanda Johnson with
Musing Hughes; Elizabeth L. Randolph with Americana Club; Ayanna Maia Saulsberry with Gentrified Chicken…Still Cooked, Still Eaten: Jacqueline Wade with Black Panther Women.
OUR SUMMER WORKSHOPS begin on Monday, July 9th. Visit our web site for classes and class schedule – www.Fdcac.org
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
270 West 96th Street
New York, NY 10025
212-864-3375
Fax 212-864-3474
E-mail: Fdcac@aol.com
Posted on June 20, 2007 by D. Bell