Rabbi Derrick Whit, who is also an actor and musician, played the role of Roj in The Colored Museum. He gets a drink from Debra Richardson (right).
Posts Tagged ‘Theater’
The Rabbi morphs into Roj
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016Life is like a Dance
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Annette Adams-Brown meandered her way through the crowd and continued to party on stage during her exhibit/scene for The Colored Museum last night. Adams-Brown is a costume designer and also board member for The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company. The play was directed by Jackie Warren-Moore.
Kink or Quality
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Debra Richardson (center) gets over herself and chooses none of the above during a scene from last night’s performance of The Colored Museum by the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company. Binaifer Dabu and Sonceria Warren gave great face as the hilarious and critical talking wigs. This particular exhibit/scene is always a crowd favorite.
Pieces in a Dream
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Debra Richardson (left) steals the scene without words during The Colored Museum’s “The Hairpiece” segment last week. Anne Childress and Katishma Grey play the talking hairpieces.
Week in Review (Talk Back at Art Rage)
Sunday, February 21st, 2016Symbiosis
Sunday, February 21st, 2016
PRPAC’s Charles Anderson (rear) comes face to face with his inner demons during the “Symbiosis” scene in George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Museum.” Issaiah Vegara plays the victim. The preview was staged this weekend at Art Rage Gallery. The full production by The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company will take place in June.
The Colored Museum meets Blackout
Saturday, February 20th, 2016Loss Column
Monday, May 18th, 2015
Ryan Travis participated in a talk-back segment at Art Rage earlier this year.
We got word that two artistic figures will be departing: Ryan Hope Travis and Tim Bond. It’s always hard to see good people leave,but we were glad we got to meet them and experience the fruits of their artistic labor.
We wish them both good luck and continued success.
Timothy Bond (right) interviewed Brian Dennehy for Orange Central in 2013.
Lean In-and-Out: Follow A Leader
Friday, March 6th, 2015“I am a storyteller, that is what I do.”
-Natalie Daise
Natalie Daise as Harriet Tubman (at the Community Folk Art Center).
Long before there was Sheryl Sandberg, Mayor Miner, County Executive Mahoney, or other female CEOs, we had Harriet Tubman. Remember the abolitionist/nurse/spy/Underground Railroad conductor spent her latter days in nearby Auburn, NY. We feel the leadership strategies that solidified her reputation deserve further examination.
Last night we watched actress Natalie Daise slowly transform into Harriet Tubman during a one-woman show at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC). We learned several facts during the performance, including the fact that Tubman had a close relationship with John Brown, and was scheduled to be at Harper’s Ferry for the raid. Also Tubman’s original name was Araminta Ross.
Earlier in the week the show played at SUNY Oswego.
Daise, who originally got the theater bug while at Nottingham High School, perfectly captured Tubman in costume, idiom and song during the 1 hour-show.
It has been a while since we visited the Harriet Tubman Home, but we suggest that the newly designated National Park location capture Daise’s work in audio or video and preserve it as part of a permanent educational collection/display.
Happy Women’s History Month.
Talking with Her Hands
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Teyra Anderson, dance scene “Steady”