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Robey: The Black Theatre Experience
For over fifteen years, Robey has provided the Los Angeles theatre community with award winning and critically acclaimed stage performances. Yohen, The Last Season, For The Love of Freedom Trilogy, Permanent Collection, Bronzeville and most recently, The River Niger. Robey's 2010 season at the Los Angeles Theatre Company (LATC) promises to maintain the high quality of prior years and to offer equally compelling and enriching programs. At Robey, we are dedicated to enrich, entertain and expose our community to a superior theatre experience.
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- » Invitations to special events
- » Two tickets each for two upcoming plays
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Programs at Robey
Robey's programs provide an environment of support for creativity and growth. Each of the 2010 plays was developed through Robey's Playwrights Program, a weekly writing lab where plays are honed and developed in alliance with a trained dramaturge. Many of the actors in Robey productions develop their craft in the Advance Scene Workshop, an intensive 12-week scene study led by Robey's Artistic Director, Ben Guillory. For more information on Robey's programs, visit our Programs page.
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News
Transitions Featured at The NAACP Theatre Festival
NAACP Theatre Festival Flyer
The NAACP Theatre Festival which runs August 29th - August 31st will be feature Transitions on Saturday, August 28th at 8pm.
"To inaugurate this year's award show activities the Beverly Hills/ Hollywood Branch is presenting the Third Annual NAACP Theatre Festival starting on Friday, August 27, 2010, with "A VIP Reception and theatrical performance of Layon Gray's "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" and concluding on Sunday, August 29, 2010. The festival will be held at the New LATC (514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013). The festival features a panel titled 'A Conversation With Ruben Santiago-Hudson' which is an intimate interview setting with acclaimed actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson (ABC's Castle)."
[ from dryerbuzz.com ]
Seven NAACP Theatre Awards Nominations for Robey
The Robey Theatre Company is proud to annouce that Bronzeville and The River Niger, two plays developed through the Playwrights Program, have been nominated for a total of six NAACP awards. The nominations were announced at the 20th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards press conference held July 26th at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by Kim Coles and Quinton Aaron.
- Best Set Design: The River Niger - John Paul Luckenback
- Best Ensemble Cast: The River Niger
- Best Director: Bronzeville - Ben Guillory
- Best Playwright: Bronzeville - Timothy Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk
- Best Lighting: Bronzeville - Luke Moyer
- Best Ensemble Cast: Bronzeville
- Best Production: The River Niger, Robey Theatre Company, and Ben Guillory
This Season
This season's curtain rises with Melvin Ishmael Johnson's, The Emperor's Last Performance. Journey with us as we take a backstage look at the intrigue, controversies and the rise of the great Harlem Renaissance actor Charles Gilpin whom Eugene O'Neill originally cast in his stage play, The Emperor Jones.
Next, Kellie Roberts' Transitions, is a trilogy of one-act plays that features intense and colorful women who find themselves and their loved ones at the crossroads of life. As part of the LATC's 2010
season, Robey will produce The Reckoning, written by Kimba Henderson and developed through the Robey Playwrights Lab. It is the gripping story of one Louisiana family, one aging plantation and so many secrets.