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Performances - Season 7
Season Seven is jam-packed with entertainment for theatre-goers of all kinds. It will surely be one of the most active, diverse, and ambitious years of Hattiloo's history. With three different theatres and fifteen productions to choose from, this busy season will easily offer plenty for everyone.
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Season Seven
MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES
656 Marshall Ave. |
THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN (Musical)
Kirsten Childs
July 26th - August 12th, 2012
Viveca is an actress in New York, where her bubbly personality is challenged by the harsh realities of racism that she refuses to accept. This musical highlights the difficulties faced by black women finding their way in a world where accusations of "acting white" leave lasting scars.
Free Panel Discussion: Issues Affecting Black Women
Saturday, July 21, noon - 2p
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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Classic)
Edward Albee
August 30th - September 16th, 2012
George and Martha’s relationship is defined by drunken verbal abuse. One evening, Martha invites a young couple for a nightcap. As the night progresses, the young couple gets caught up in George and Martha's need to hurt each other.
Free Panel Discussion: Theatre Classics & The Black Community
Saturday, August 25th, noon - 2p
HURT VILLAGE
Katori Hall
October 4th - 21st, 2012
A government grant means relocation for many residents of Hurt Village, a Memphis housing project. As Cookie, a thirteen year-old aspiring rapper, and her family prepare to move, her father returns from Iraq and struggles to find a position in his violent community and his daughter’s wounded heart.
Free Panel Discussion: The Projects and Gentrification
Saturday, September 29th, noon - 2p
MAHALIA (Gospel Musical)
Tom Stolz
October 27th (ONLY DAY ONLY)
3:30p and 7:30p
Germantown Performing Arts Center
Deborah Manning Thomas and Stefani Bolton team up in this gospel explosion that celebrates the life and music of the world's greatest gospel singer. The musical features songs including Move On Up A Little Higher and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
IF SCROOGE WAS A BROTHER (Musical)
Ekundayo Bandele
(No Saturday matinee performances)
November 29th - December 23rd, 2012
An urban spin of A Christmas Carol, this musical tells the story of Eb Scroo's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Free Panel Discussion: The Holy Days of the Holidays
Saturday, November 24th, noon - 2p
THE MOUNTAINTOP
Katori Hall
Collaboration with The Circuit Playhouse
January 18th - February 10th, 2013
AT THE CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE
Taking place at the Lorraine Motel the night before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meets a mysterious stranger who arrives with some surprising news that forces King to confront his destiny and his legacy.
Free Panel Discussion: Civil Rights - Then and Now (at Hattiloo)
Saturday, January 12th, 2013, noon - 2p
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
August Wilson
February 28th - March 17th, 2013
Set in a Chicago in 1927, while Ma Rainey's band wait for her to arrive, tension mounts between the young trumpeter Levee and veteran player Cutler. After Ma Rainey turns up, the tension reaches a boiling point and violence ensues.
Free Panel Discussion: The Business of Music
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013, noon - 2p
NATIVE SON (Classic)
Richard Wright
April 4th - 21st, 2013
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Free Panel Discussion: Black Males and the Legal System
Saturday, March 30th, 2013, noon - 2p
SARAFINA! (Musical)
Mbongeni Ngema
May 23rd - June 9th, 2013
Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the symbolic Day of Liberation they all dream of—when their hero, Nelson Mandela is released from prison.
Free Panel Discussion: Human Rights in the 21st Century
Saturday, May 18th, 2013, noon - 2p
Season Seven
BLACK BOX THEATRE
652 Marshall Ave. |
HATTILOO DRAMA CLUB presents
A Stroll Down Black Broadway
Black Box Performances
Part I
November 8th - 18th
This performance highlights African American plays written through slavery up to the Great Depression. Included are scenes from a romantic play The Black Doctor, excerpts from Mine Eyes Have Seen – a play about blacks and World War I, and various others.
Part II February 14th - 24th, 2013
This performance extends from 1847 to 1992, showcasing scenes from unpublished plays like Star of Ethiopia, plays by women like The Mojo and the Sayso, and modern classics like …For Colored Girls.
Season Seven
HATTILOO CHILDREN'S THEATRE
652 Marshall Ave. |
THE NUTCRACKER (the play)
December 8th, 15, and 22nd
Noon & 3p performances each Saturday
Clara's presented a Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. When he’s brought to life, he tells her he is a prince under the wicked enchantment of the Mouse King. Clara then joins him in an adventure to regain his throne.
SEMESTER II
February 23rd – May 2nd
THE WIZ FOR KIDS
May 2nd – 12th
An urban re-imaging of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is lost in a snowstorm and ends up in Oz. As she eases on down the road to see the Wiz, she meets a scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a cowardly lion.
Tuition per semester: $180 (Non-refundable deposit $90)
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