SEASON SEVEN (2012 – 2013)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.