2ND ANNUAL PHILLY URBAN THEATRE FESTIVAL Kicks Off September 19
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 19, 2011
After a 2010 debut that showcased fourteen playwrights to over 3,500 satisfied patrons, the predominantly African American Philly Urban Theatre Festival (PUTF) returns on September 19th with a focus of diversity onstage.
2ND ANNUAL PHILLY URBAN THEATRE FESTIVAL Kicks Off September 19
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 7, 2011
After a 2010 debut that showcased fourteen playwrights to over 3,500 satisfied patrons, the predominantly African American Philly Urban Theatre Festival (PUTF) returns on September 19th with a focus of diversity onstage.
DUTF Announces 9th Season At MMAC Theater 4/13-4/23
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 13, 2011
Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce its much-anticipated ninth season will run from April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.
VI DEGREES Strives To Raise HIV Awareness, Announces New Director
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 16, 2011
Black Americans represent only 12% of the U.S population, but they account for more new HIV infections, AIDS cases, people estimated to be living with the HIV disease, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic group in the country.
DUTF Announces 9th Season At MMAC Theater 4/13-4/23
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jan 26, 2011
Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) is pleased to announce its much-anticipated ninth season will run from April 13 to April 23 at the MMAC Theater on West 60th Street in Manhattan.
NIGGA FILES Premieres at Shubin Theatre, 1/11
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 11, 2011
With the 2010-2011 school year at its midway point writer/director Donja R. Love's compelling new play, The Nigga Files, takes an introspective look into the education system and inner-city youth. The Nigga Files workshopped before a sold out audience in September and was honored 1st runner up for the coveted 'Best Play' award in the inaugural Philly Urban Theatre Festival. On January 11, 2011, and for eight shows ending on the 16th, Love, in conjunction with Kash Goins of GoKash Productions, is premiering the final, revised version of The Nigga Files at The Shubin Theatre on 4th and Bainbridge in Philadelphia.
NIGGA FILES Premieres at Shubin Theatre, 1/11
by Nicole Rosky
- Nov 16, 2010
With the 2010-2011 school year at its midway point writer/director Donja R. Love's compelling new play, The Nigga Files, takes an introspective look into the education system and inner-city youth. The Nigga Files workshopped before a sold out audience in September and was honored 1st runner up for the coveted 'Best Play' award in the inaugural Philly Urban Theatre Festival. On January 11, 2011, and for eight shows ending on the 16th, Love, in conjunction with Kash Goins of GoKash Productions, is premiering the final, revised version of The Nigga Files at The Shubin Theatre on 4th and Bainbridge in Philadelphia.
ROOST Wins Top Honors At Philly Urban Theater Festival
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Oct 18, 2010
The Philly Urban Theater Festival (PUTF) kicked off its inaugural season at the Adrienne Theater in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and featured 14 theatrical works written by Kash Goins (VI Degrees and VII Deadly Sins), Tiffany Joyner (Apologies are for The Living), Race Brown (Cold), Briana Cannon (The Gentle Cycle of Dirty Laundry), Kareem Rogers (Twice Loved), Donja R. Love (The Nigga Files), Shenille Melton (When the Smoke Cleared), Cheril N. Clarke (Intimate Chaos), Jamila Capitman and Heather Thomas (Love Queens Who Suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Lee Colston (Roost), Karen Waller-Martin (Director of the only non-original piece in the festival, The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe), Tiffany Wilson (Shaking the Truth Loose), and Andre N. Jones (Verbalized Ink).
Philly Urban Theater Festival Runs 9/20-10/10
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 10, 2010
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
Philly Urban Theater Festival Runs 9/20-10/10
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Aug 31, 2010
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
Philly Urban Theater Festival Runs 9/20-10/10
by Nicolas Coburn
- Jul 27, 2010
August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes. These were the names that easily rolled off of the tongue when you thought of the African-American playwright. However, now in the Tyler Perry generation, you struggle to find African-americans who have knowledge of those playwrights let alone more recent ones such as Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere- Smith. Fortunately, the times are a-changing.
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