The Billie Holiday Theatre - The Current Season

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The Billie Holiday Theatre at Restoration Plaza

Marjorie Moon
Producer and Executive Director

Welcome to The Billie Holiday Theatre's 41st Season.

We are excited about the major productions for our 2012-2013 Season. Our first production is based on a true story which was featured in our New Voices reading series. I received so many emails from those of you who attended the reading encouraging me to present The Resurrection of Alice as a full stage production. I am delighted to say that here it is!

Our second production, Finding Home, was also featured in our New Voices reading series, and received rave reviews from the audience. Written by Keline Adams, recipient of a playwriting fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Finding Home examines how the inability to deal with loss affects three generations of African American women. It's a riveting family drama you don't want to miss!

Finally, Jackie Alexander’s name has been synonymous with BHT audiences for his exciting, innovative and very talented work, be it as a playwright/director with The High Priestess of Dark Alley, Brothers from the Bottom, and The Legend of Buster Neal or with his acting in Plenty of Time and Storm Stories.

If Jackie’s name is involved, you know it's going to be superb. Now Jackie has co-authored a new play with Kesi Foster, someone Jackie has mentored for nearly three years. Wait until you experience The Obeah Symphony.

I look forward to seeing you at the Theatre, thank you for your support.

We have several exciting events planned; please revisit our site soon for more information about new productions. To receive email updates, sign-up at our mailing list.

We so appreciate your continued support.

Sincerely,
Marjorie A. Moon, Executive Director

Photo credit: Alex Berg

Jackie Alexander
Artistic Associate

Award-Winning Author of
The High Priestess of
Dark Alley

Marjorie Moon, Producer

Perri Gaffney

Helen Hayes Nominated Actress, Playwright and Novelist

“Seamlessly taking on dozens of characters, its author and award-winning actress animates a small community of people that surround Alice.”

— www.dctheatrescene.com

October 19 - December 16, 2012

Written and performed by Perri Gaffney
Directed by Jackie Alexander

Arranged marriages are practiced among many cultures around the world. But surprisingly, through the mid 20th century, young black girls in the United States sometimes found themselves in arranged marriages to men who were usually pillars of the community and financially comfortable, but old enough to be their grandfathers.

THIS DYNAMIC AND RIVETING TRUE STORY IS SUITABLE FOR TEENS AND UP

Meet Perri Gaffney


Perri Gaffney in The Resurrection of Alice. Photo credit: Orville Hector.

Keline Adams

Author of
Finding Home

"The play is well written, superbly casted and finely executed.”

— Bed-Stuy Patch

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March 2 - March 31, 2013

Written by Keline Adams
Directed by Jackie Alexander

Featuring:
Suzanne Darrell • Brittany Erin • Sidiki Fofana
Marcelle Gover • Azariah Gunn

With the walls of their Brooklyn apartment closing in on them, Ella and her daughter Sunny seek solace in a spur of the moment trip down South to visit Sylvia, the woman who raised Ella. But when buried truths began to surface, all hell breaks loose, and it quickly becomes clear that this dysfunctional family's only hope for reaching a place of peace rests on their ability to face hard, painful realities, both past and present. Will this family sink or swim? Will these women have the courage to begin a journey toward truly finding home?

FINDING HOME IS A RIVETING FAMILY DRAMA YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

Meet the Cast of Finding Home


Suzanne Darrell	Brittany Erin	Sidiki Fofana	Marcelle Gover	Azariah Gunn

Kesi Foster

Co-Author of
The Obeah Symphony

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May 3 - June 30, 2013

Written by Kesi Foster and Jackie Alexander
Directed by Jackie Alexander

Haunted by the pressure of his past, a bleak future, and impending fatherhood, aspiring musician Dizzy King seeks the advice of his grandfather. Revealed is the obeah curse that has hovered over the King family like a black cloud, trailing them from the white sand beaches of Barbados to the streets of Harlem. Terrified of following in his father’s footsteps, Dizzy believes the only way he can save his family is to break the curse.

FEATURING NEW MUSIC BY TODD BOROM

THE OBEAH SYMPHONY IS AN INTRIGUING COMEDY/DRAMA FOR TEENS AND UP

Meet the Cast of The Obeah Symphony


Ito Aghayere	B. Douglas Jones	Marcelle Gover	Patrick J. Mitchell

The 2012–2013 season is supported, in part, by public funds from the 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 Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. The Billie Holiday Theatre, Inc., is a proud member of the Coalition of Theatres of Color (CTC).

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