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Portrait of Marjorie Moon
Welcome to the The Billie Holiday Theatre's 2009-20010 Season

Welcome to our current season, the Billie Holiday Theatre's 38th. Below, you will find descriptions of the excitement we have planned for you. Please revisit our site soon for more information about new productions. To receive e-mail and postal mail updates, sign-up at our mailing list below. We thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,
Marjorie A. Moon, Executive Director

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The Billie Holiday Theatre's 2009-2010 Season
Marjorie Moon, Producer
First Show of Season

What Would Jesus Do? postcard

Photo credit: Portrait of Yvonne Farrow by Mark Blackshear

What Would Jesus Do?
October 23 to December 20, 2009
Written and Directed by Yvette Heyliger
Original Music Composed and
Arranged by Larry Farrow

“Yvette Heyliger’s heartfelt dramedy is joyful and sincere...” —Backstage West

FEATURING
Yvonne Farrow | Jerome Preston Bates
Jamil A. C. Mangan | Scott Adams
Jarret Janako Barnett | Lenoré Coer
Brandii Edwards | Zeretha Jenkins
Johnnie Mae | Alvin McLaughlin
Helen Sanders | Toni Deniece Seawright
and Darryl Jovan as Minister of Music

What Would Jesus Do? is an interfaith, intergenerational play with music about family, church, sex and HIV.

Meet the cast on the playwright's website.

COMPELLING, ENTERTAINING DRAMA

Limited Engagement Featuring Black Spectrum Theatre Company

Santa in a Kwanzaa setting

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'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa

Written by Carl Clay
Directed by Passion

One Day Only!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa is a holiday fantasy for the entire family about three newly hired African-American elves who convince Santa Claus to change his travel route so they all end up in Kwanzaaland. Funny, educational and highly entertaining!

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Limited Engagement Wandering and Wondering: A Black History Month Tribute to Langston Hughes

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Photo credits: background image by Dan Raynor, foreground by Jack Delano

Wandering and Wondering: A Black History Month Tribute to Langston Hughes
As Performed by David Mills

Two Days Only!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
$8.00 for all tickets

A special Black History Month Tribute to the Harlem Renaissance writer, Langston Hughes, as performed by David Mills. Experience the sights and sounds of this influential and inspirational writer in Wandering and Wondering.

The February 26 performance canceled due to snow storm. Join our mailing list to be notified of new performances of Wandering and Wondering.

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

First Show of Season

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Photo credit: Portrait of Danny Mullen
by Brian Gomsak

A Tuff Shuffle: Backstage with Louis Armstrong\
March 4 to April 4, 2010
Written and Performed by Danny Mullen
Directed by Marjorie Moon

Take a journey back in time to discover the personal life of an exceptional, legendary jazz artist who rose to fame from abject poverty, racial struggles, jealousy and heartbreak

DYNAMIC, ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING THEATRE FOR PRE-TEENS AND UP

Limited Engagement

Ella Joyce as Rosa Parks

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A Rose Among Thorns: A Tribute to the Life of Rosa Parks
April 9 at 7 p.m. and April 10 at 3 p.m.
Written and Performed by Ms. Ella Joyce

Ella Joyce is a star of stage and television best known for her role as Charles S. Dutton’s wife on television's Roc. A Rose Among Thorns explores Rosa Parks, the real human being, not just the iconic figure. This loving collection of historical information seeks to straighten out the occasional misinformation that sometimes surrounds Rosa Parks' “famous incident.”

Not applicable to Pre-Early Bird Special groups. Billie Holiday Theatre passholders will pay an additional $7.00 surcharge per ticket. Tickets not available online.

First Show of Season

Grandmother, Incorporated postcard

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Art by Henry Blackshear

Grandmothers, Incorporated
World Premiere!
April 30 to July 11, 2010
Written by L. Barnett Evans and C. V. Rhodes
Directed by Marjorie Moon

FEATURING:
Yaa Asantewa | Johnnie Mae
Jamil A. C. Mangan
Kimberlee Monroe | Helen Sanders

A hilarious comedy about four retired widows who arrive at an isolated cabin for a weekend of peace and serenity only to be confronted with a notorious drug lord in distress. Chaos reigns as these amateur sleuths dispense their unique brand of justice to the criminal in their midst.

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BIG FUN FOR PRE-TEENS AND ADULTS

Sponsors

The 2009-2010 season is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; NYC Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations, James Van Bramer, Chair; also supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York and Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.


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