African Community Theatre 2018-2019 Programming African Community Theatre 2018-2019 Programming FALL 2018 Nov. 15, 7:00pm An Echo in the Bone Nov. 29, 2:30pm Malchauchon, or Six in the Rain Dec. 8, 2:00pm The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania SPRING 2019 March 7, 7:00pm Digital Masks to Africa: Cheikh Anta Diop: A Poem for the Living March 21-22, 8:00pm Stone + 50: The Riots Continue A.C.T. Solo Performance Festival April 10, 2:15pm- Workshop April 11, 6:30pm- Showtime African Community Theatre 230 Oscar Ritchie Hall 225 Terrace Dr. | Kent, OH 44242 www.kent.edu/pas/act Tickets can be purchased online or in person at 127 ORH between 10:00am-5:00pm. African Community Theatre, 2018-2019 Dr. D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson Director of the African Community Theatre Artistic Director, Pan-African Theatre Ensemble Assistant Professor, Pan-African Studies The African Community Theatre is an academic unit and a premier theatre facility founded in 1973, created to raise awareness about theatres and performances by African and African Diasporic peoples. The African Community Theatre runs theatre programs throughout the academic year, including Pan-African theatre courses such as African Theatre, Practicum in African Theatre Arts, African American Theatre, Caribbean Theatre, special topics seminars for training and education about Pan- Africanism, African and African Diasporic performance. A.C.T. theatre programming includes workshops, special events, the Fulani Institute of Academics and Arts production, the Pan-African Theatre seasons, first Friday meetings of the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, and theatre festivals like the New Black Plays, A.C.T. Solo Performance Festival and others. Through its programming, the A.C.T. strives to develop new audiences to Pan-African theatre, train students in theatre production, and provide opportunities and creative outlets for the local and Kent State University communities. For more information, please contact Dr. Forbes-Erickson in 209 ORH, [email protected] or (330) 672-0082. Pan-African Theatre Ensemble Dr. Forbes-Erickson’s P.A.T.E. is a practice-as-research project in academic theatre open to Kent State students who would like to participate in theatre research, community volunteers, and to anyone committed to Black theatres. 2018-2019 Season Fall 2018- An Echo in the Bone by Dennis Scott Malcauchon, or Six in the Rain by Derek Walcott (Reading) Spring 2019- Digital Masks to Africa: Cheikh Anta Diop: A Poem for the Living by Mwatabu Okantah 2017-2018 Season Fall 2017- Vejigantes by Francisco Arivi Spring 2018- The Purple Flower by Marita O. Bonner New Black Plays (Festival) by various guest artists (A.C.T.) 2016-2017 Season Fall 2016- The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite by Wole Soyinka Tahinta!: A Rhythm Play for Children by Efua Sutherland (Reading) Spring 2017- Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks