Starting February 28 to March 28, 2021 SHADES OF TRUTH THEATRE & VOZA RIVERS / NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUPin Association with WHSAK, Inc. Presents MLK: IF HE HAD SNEEZED Featuring BEVERLY BURCHETT as Izola Curry DAVID ROBERTS as Lewis H. Michaux, Dr. Aubre Maynard JAMIL MOORE as Henry Mack MICHAEL GREEN as Dr. Martin Luther […]
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB THEATRE COMMITTEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HARLEM SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP invite you to the livestream presentation of DEBRA ANN BYRD'S BECOMING OTHELLO A BLACK GIRLS JOURNEY December 14, 2020 | 7:00pm Enjoy the world premiere of award-winning actress Debra Ann Byrd's Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey, directed by […]
Harlem Shakespeare Festival in partnership with The National Arts Club present William Shakespeare’s OTHELLO: The Moor of Venice, in an exciting 90-minute all-female stage-adaptation by Lisa Wolpe; with sound design by David D. Wright. OTHELLO stars international actress/producer, Debra Ann Byrd, who recently received the Broadway World Best Lead Actress Award for her […]
TUNE IN! // LIVE on Saturday night, April 25th for another episode in Southwest Shakespeare Company's VIRTUAL CLASSICS LIVE Series. This week we will be streaming a reading of Shakespeare's RICHARD III, featuring the talents of: Bo Foxworth as RICHARD III, Jesse James Kamps as BUCKINGHAM, Maren Maclean as QUEEN MARGARET, and Debra Ann Byrd as QUEEN ELIZABETH. Saturday, April […]
OPEN HOUSE OF OSCAR & GRAMMY nominated IMPACT REPERTORY THEATRE
(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 […]
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. The show challenges leading New York City producer Stephen […]
