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Welcome to The Billie Holiday Theatre's 2011-2012 Season

"A gem in the Brooklyn community."
—Our Time Press

"A true Brooklyn landmark."
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
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"...the Billie Holiday is both a neighborhood jewel
and one of the nation's premier black playhouses."
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Serving some 30,000 people annually for nearly 40 years, the AUDELCO and Obie award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre has garnered a well-earned reputation for providing outstanding professional theater productions at affordable prices.

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Brooklyn Independent Television paid a visit to Billie Holiday Theatre to videotape a segment of our last production, The Waiting Room, by Samm-Art Williams and to celebrate and chronicle 40 years of award-winning theater in this, our 40th Anniversary Season 1972-2012.

Copyright © 2012 by Brooklyn Independent Television
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The Billie Holiday Theatre
Marjorie Moon, Producer

Women in the Pit

April 26 - June 24, 2012

Written and Directed by Joyce Sylvester

FEATURING:
Jerome Preston Bates • Magaly C. Christopher
Wendi Joy Franklin • Donald S. Hinson
Michelle Le Du • Timothy Simonson • Kim Sullivan

After several unsuccessful attempts, two deacons and two elders charged with the selection of a new pastor are at odds with one another when it appears that the most qualified candidate is a woman! This drama addresses the age-old controversial issue of women being silent in the church and will take you on a journey full of twists and turns.

FOR TEENS AND UP

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SELECTED PRAISE FOR JOYCE SYLVESTER'S OTHER WORKS

FOR A FREEMAN'S HOPE

"It is said that good theater often reflects life. If that is true, then anyone who wants to see an honest and often hilarious view of the real behind-the-scenes life at a Black church in Harlem should head to the Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn to see Freeda Peoples."
—Linda Armstrong, The Amsterdam News

FOR FREEDA PEOPLES

The 2004 AUDELCO Award Winner
Joyce Sylvester for Director, Dramatic Production

"Outstanding writing, directing, & acting."
OOBR, 2003

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Meet the Cast of Women in the Pit

Jerome Preston Bates Magaly C. Christopher Wendi Joy Franklin Donald S. Hinson Timothy Simonson Kim Sullivan
Jerome Preston Bates Magaly C. Christopher Wendi Joy Franklin Donald S. Hinson Timothy Simonson Kim Sullivan

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Ticket Prices 2011-2012 Season
Ticket Prices 1-29
Tickets
30-49
Tickets
50-100
Tickets
101-150
Tickets
151-200
Tickets
Thursday 8 p.m. $15 $15 $14 $13 $12
Friday 8 p.m. $20 $20 $19 $18 $16
Saturday 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. $25 $23 $20 $19 $17
Sunday 4 p.m. $25 $23 $20 $19 $17
Mother's Day 3 p.m. $27.50 Group rates and other discounts not available for Mother's Day shows.
TAKE AN ADDITIONAL $2.00 OFF PER TICKET (MINIMUM PURCHASE 30 TICKETS) WHEN YOU PAY IN FULL.

TAKE AN ADDITIONAL $3.50 OFF PER TICKET (MINIMUM PURCHASE 101 TICKETS) WHEN YOU PAY IN FULL

CHILDREN 15 and younger, SENORS 65 and older: 15.00 FOR MATINEES, $12.00 FOR EVENING SHOWS

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