Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing the cast of the 2011 production of the play THE NIGGA FILES written and directed by Donja Love, co-directed by Heather Thomas. In the studio was Donja, Heather and the actors, which included: Salina Yasmine as Martha, Stan Dixon as Eddy, Jamarr Hall as Jamal, Aaron Thornton as David, and Keith Illidge as Spencer. We discussed the writing process, the acting process, the rehearsal process and read a scene from this powerful play. Listen to this powerful interview. BE SURE TO ATTEND WHAT WILL BE A POWERFUL PRODUCTION OF A POWERFUL PLAY, FROM TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH TO SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH @ 8PM WITH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2PM AT THE SHUBIN THEATRE AT 407 BAINBRIDGE (ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF SOUTH STREET AT THE CORNER OF 4TH STREET). For tickets go to: http://gokashproductions.ticketleap.com/theniggafiles/
Just read your piece on Baldwin & Hansberry from last year. Quite enjoyed it! Have a play on Baldwin in which LH appears going up in the fall so can't help surf the web for their names now the work is done. I missing having them in my head!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jewelle. We need to keep them, their experiences, their characters in our head because what they fought for still is not being fundamentally addressed like our ballooning private sector and war machine. -RF.
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