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Inaugural New Orleans Black Theater Season opens at Dillard University

New Orleans Black Theater Season will feature productions by local artists, writers, and directors.
Credit: Meghan Kee

NEW ORLEANS — Dillard University celebrates its 90th Anniversary of the first HBCU theatre degree program, with the first annual New Orleans Black Theater Season.

New Orleans Black Theater Season will feature productions by local artists, writers, and directors beginning Thursday, September 5, and continuing through October.

Below is the theater schedule:

Anne and Emmett, by Janet Langhart Cohen

Directed by Tommye Myrick

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

•          Fri. Sept. 13 - Sun. Sept. 15

•          Fri. Sept. 20 - Sun. Sept. 22

Dillard University, Cook Performing Arts Center

Do Birds Fly in The Ghetto, by Trinese Duplessis

T. Duplessis Entertainment, LLC

•          Fri. Oct. 4 - Sun. Oct. 6

Dillard University, Georges Auditorium

           

Gem of the Ocean, by August Wilson

Directed by Ray Vrazel

Voices in the Dark Repertory Company

•          Fri. Oct. 11 - Sun. Oct. 13

•          Fri. Oct. 18 - Sun. Oct. 20

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