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Impact Repertory Theatres Open House

OPEN HOUSE OF OSCAR & GRAMMY nominated IMPACT REPERTORY THEATRE

THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III

Set in 1821, the play is based on the true story of the first African-American theatre company in New York City. It dramatizes the conflict that arises when free African-American, William Henry Brown, organizes a production of Shakespeare's "Richard III" for a predominantly black audience.

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

The Day Harlem Saved Dr. King

Monday, January 20, 27, February 10, 2020

This is a multimedia, theatrical reenactment that depicts the day, over sixty years ago, when Dr. King was nearly stabbed to death on September 20, 1958 at a book signing on 125th Street in the heart of Harlem. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital where a team of gifted doctors worked diligently to save his life.

When it was learned that the assailant was a black women, everyone pondered the same question...why?

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

LPTW to present Oral History Project with publicist Irene Gandy - Interview by Voza Rivers

February 10 @ Bruno Walter Auditorium

THE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WOMEN TO PRESENT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WITH IRENE GANDY

INTERVIEWED BY VOZA RIVERS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 6PM
BRUNO WALTER AUDITORIUM
NY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
111 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street

New Heritage Theatre Group Presents

SOUL TO SOUL

An annual tradition celebrating Brotherhood:

SOUL TO SOUL

Presented by

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

With the participation for the first time with Oscar- and Grammy-nominated

IMPACT Repertory Theatre

Introductory remarks by NYC Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of The New York Board of Rabbis Returns Off Broadway For One Performance on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend to celebrate the music and shared experiences of the African American and Jewish communities:

Sunday, January 19 at 2pm

at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Press

VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE TO PRESENT "IT IS AFRICAN" MUSIC CONCERT
PRESS RELEASE: February 17, 2020

Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and Williams Institutional CME Church presents "IT IS AFRICAN"

Featuring the music of the AfroHORN Band & International

Oyu Oro Afro- Cuban Dance Company

HARLEM: FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group and Williams Institutional CME Church will present IT IS AFRICAN, a spiritual afternoon of African music and dance, on Sunday March 8, 2020 at 5pm. This special Harlem premiere performance features Francisco Mora-Catlett and his New York-based Afro Horn jazz ensemble, and a dance performance by the extraordinary Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance company, co-founded by Mora-Catlett's wife, Cuban dancer, international Afro-Cuban folk-lore performer, choreographer, teacher and dance ethnologist from Santiago de Cuba Danys "LaMora" Perez.
AWARD WINNING HARLEM-BASED CLASSICAL ACTRESS DEBRA ANN BYRD RETURNS TO PHOENIX WITH A NEW ONE-WOMAN SHOW
(February 2020 – Harlem, New York) Classical actress and producer Debra Ann Byrd undertook a remarkable journey to take on the role of Shakespeare’s noble general Othello — which she recently performed for Southwest Shakespeare Company at Taliesin West, winning her the 2019 Broadway World Arizona Lead Actress Award. This past fall the actress recorded her experiences on becoming ‘The Moor of Venice’ as writer-in-residence at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in the UK, where she first performed her new solo show.

Now Southwest Shakespeare Company in partnership with Phoenix Art Museum are working together to celebrate Black History Month and Women’s History Month in Phoenix featuring visiting artist Debra Ann Byrd, as she performs her one-woman show BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl’s Journey for a limited run at the Phoenix Art Museum, February 22 – March 29, 2020.
Voza Rivers / New Heritage Theatre Group and Rudi Mbele presents WOZA SOUTH AFRICA

HARLEM: FEBRUARY 20, 2020

MOTHERLAND Messengers will make their Harlem debut as part of their 2020USA tour on Friday, March 6,at 7 PM at the historic Williams CME Church. Motherland Messengers are an ensemble of South African Gospel recording artists and musicians. Collectively they have wom numerous individul awards and have performed all over the world. This talented group of singers and musicians celebrates the power of spiritual music in their native languages and English and various musical genres including South African traditional gospel, Acapella, American Gospel and R&B. The producers are inviting all New Yorkers to come out and experience this complimentary performance and these talented artists..