Langston Hughes’
BLACK NATIVITY
November 30 – December 30, 2007
BLACK NATIVITY is one of the most beloved works of Langston Hughes. The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s adaptation, set on 42nd Street in 1973 against a backdrop of lost souls and hustlers, tells the soulful story of the universal search for “peace on earth.” The New 42nd Street will present the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of BLACK NATIVITY, featuring Tony Award nominee Andre DeShields, choreographed by Tracy Jack, at The Duke on 42nd Street.
Ty Jones’
EMANCIPATION
April 10 – May 3, 2008
Developed in the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s 2007 Future Classics program, CTH will conclude its 2007/2008 season with the world premiere of EMANCIPATION by Ty Jones (pictured left), directed by Christopher McElroen. On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion that became a watershed event in America's long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. EMANCIPATION is a thoughtful, powerful, and visceral examination of this pivotal moment in American society.
Euripides’
TROJAN WOMEN
January 10 – February 10, 2008
The Classical Theatre of Harlem, in a co-production with Harlem Stage, presents TROJAN WOMEN at the new Gatehouse theater on 135th Street and Convent Avenue in Harlem. CTH’s TROJAN WOMEN is a radically re-imagined version of the Greek classic, featuring first-person testimony from the survivors of the recent civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. TROJAN WOMEN is adapted and directed by Alfred Preisser with an original score by Kelvyn Bell.
William Shakespeare’s
ROMEO & JULIET
September 14 - October 6, 2007
Florida Repertory Theatre, Fort Myers, FL
October 10 - 13, 2007
Carnival Center, Miami, FL
November 9 & 10, 2007
Duke University, Durham, NC
February 15 & 16, 2008
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
February 22 & 23, 2008
SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
March 5 - 8, 2008
LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY
Melvin Van Peebles'
AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE
A NATURAL DEATH
October 17 - 20, 2007
Carnival Center, Miami, FL
November 2 & 3, 2007
Duke University, Durham, NC
February 5 & 6, 2008
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
Samuel Beckett's
WAITING FOR GODOT
November 2 & 3 and 9 & 10, 2007
By means of a series of partnerships with visual artist Paul Chan, Creative Time, University of New Orleans, Xavier University, and others, CTH will present free outdoor performances of WAITING FOR GODOT in the Lower 9th Ward and Gentilly section of New Orleans. In 2006, CTH staged a post-Katrina production of WAITING FOR GODOT hailed as “bracing and immediate … A thrilling new Godot for our times” by Time Out New York. Directed by Christopher McElroen featuring Wendell Pierce and J Kyle Manzay.
