CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - Black Theatre Troupe - September 15 - October 1, 2017

Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori

The time is 1963 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Caroline Thibodeaux, an African-American mother of three works for a Southern Jewish family. She and their eight-year old son Noah, find themselves in the middle of a family conflict during the Christmas and Chanukah holidays.
Combining gospel and the sounds of Motown with operatic stylings, this sparkling gem of a musical illuminates the changing times of the Civil Rights era while examining the social and family issues with which our diverse culture still struggles with today.

Fri, Sep 15th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Sep 16th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Sep 17th, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Thu, Sep 21st, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Fri, Sep 22nd, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Sep 23rd, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Sep 23rd, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Sep 24th, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Fri, Sep 29th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Sep 30th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Sep 30th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Oct 1st, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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SEVEN GUITARS - Black Theatre Troupe - October 27 - November 12, 2017

by August Wilson

With the performance of Seven Guitars The Black Theatre Troupe becomes one of the few companies in the country to have produced the complete ten play cycle of August Wilson’s decade by decade exploration of the black experience in America. Seven Guitars, the 5th in the cycle, is set in 1948 as friends gather to mourn for Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton a blues guitarist and singer, who died just as his career was on the verge of taking off. August Wilson’s epic vision power and poetic sense lifts their stories to strange and compelling heights ending in a stunning conclusion.

Fri, Oct 27th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Oct 28th, 2017 at 8:00 pm 
Sun, Oct 29th, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Thu, Nov 2nd, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Fri, Nov 3rd, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Nov 4th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 4th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Nov 5th, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Fri, Nov 10th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Nov 11th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 11th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Nov 12th, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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BLACK NATIVITY - Black Theatre Troupe - December 1 -17, 2017

by Langston Hughes

Last season’s sold out, legendary holiday event by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, returns to the BTT stage for a limited two week special engagement. This stunning new production of Black Nativity is without a doubt a theatrical wonderment. A joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivers its powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation. This song-play touches a special chord in the hearts of all at a very special time of the year.

Fri, Dec 1st, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Dec 2nd, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Dec 2nd, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Dec 3rd, 2017 at 3:00 pm 
Sun, Dec 3rd, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Thu, Dec 7th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Thu, Dec 7th, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Fri, Dec 8th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Dec 9th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Dec 9th, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Dec 10th, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Sun, Dec 10th, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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LINES IN THE DUST - Black Theatre Troupe - February 9 - 25, 2018

by Nikkole Salter

When Denitra loses the charter school lottery for her daughter, she must find another way to escape from their underperforming neighbourhood school. The answer seems like a risk well worth taking but may end up requiring a bigger sacrifice than she ever could have imagined. It’s been exactly 60 years since Brown Versus the Board of Education. Lines in The Dust questions how far we’ve come and more importantly, where we go from here.

Fri, Feb 9th, 2018 at 8:00 pm 
Sat, Feb 10th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Feb 11th, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Thu, Feb 15th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Fri, Feb 16th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Feb 17th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Feb 17th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Feb 18th, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Fri, Feb 23rd, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Feb 24th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Feb 24th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Feb 25th, 2018 at 3:00 pm

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THREE SISTAHS - Black Theatre Troupe - April 6 - 22, 2018

Story by Janet Pryce, Book & Lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II

THREE SISTAHS transplants Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters from Moscow 1901 to Washington DC, circa 1969. Deep harmonies of Motown, bebop, gospel and blues provide the backdrop as the sisters navigate between Vietnam, civil rights and a smoldering family dynamic taken straight from Chekhov’s classic. A hauntingly beautiful musical score lifts their story to strange compelling heights and a stunning conclusion.

THREE SISTAHS features Jennifer Robinson returning to the BTT stage as Olive Bradshaw, following her powerhouse performance earlier this season in the title role of CAROLINE OR CHANGE. Ebony Gammage appears as Marsha, and Kenyata White as Irene with Musical Direction by Anthony Cowan. David Hemphill will direct.

Fri, Apr 6th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 7th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Apr 8th, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Thu, Apr 12th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Fri, Apr 13th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 14th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Apr 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Apr 15th, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Fri, Apr 20th, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 21st, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sat, Apr 21st, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Sun, Apr 22nd, 2018 at 3:00 pm

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Black Theatre Troupe's 2017 / 2018 Season!

Black Theatre Troupe's 2017-2018 Season opens on September 15, 2017!

Get discounted subscriptions before they go on sale to the general public. These prices only available by calling the Black Theatre Troupe Box Office — 602-258-8129 — before July 1, 2017. .

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Book and Lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori
September 15 – October 1, 2017

The time is 1963 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Caroline Thibodeaux,, an African-American mother of three works for a Southern Jewish family. She and their eight-year old son Noah, find themselves in the middle of a family conflict during the Christmas and Chanukah holidays.
Combining gospel and the sounds of Motown with operatic stylings, this sparkling gem of a musical illuminates the changing times of the Civil Rights era while examining the social and family issues with which our diverse culture still struggles with today.

SEVEN GUITARS
by August Wilson
October 27 – November 12, 2017

With the performance of Seven Guitars The Black Theatre Troupe becomes one of the few companies in the country to have produced the complete ten play cycle of August Wilson’s decade by decade exploration of the black experience in America. Seven Guitars, the 5th in the cycle, is set in 1948 as friends gather to mourn for Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton a blues guitarist and singer, who died just as his career was on the verge of taking off. August Wilson’s epic vision power and poetic sense lifts their stories to strange and compelling heights ending in a stunning conclusion..

BLACK NATIVITY
by Langston Hughes
December 1 – 10, 2017

Last season’s sold out, legendary holiday event by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, returns to the BTT stage for a limited two week special engagement. This stunning new production of Black Nativity is without a doubt a theatrical wonderment. A joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivers its powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation. This song-play touches a special chord in the hearts of all at a very special time of the year.(PLEASE NOTE –Black Nativity is not included in subscription packages)

LINES IN THE DUST
by Nikkole Salter
February 9 – 25, 2018

When Denitra loses the charter school lottery for her daughter, she must find another way to escape from their underperforming neighbourhood school. The answer seems like a risk well worth taking but may end up requiring a bigger sacrifice than she ever could have imagined. It’s been exactly 60 years since Brown Versus the Board of Education. Lines in The Dust questions how far we’ve come and more importantly, where we go from here.

MARIE AND ROSETTA
by George Brant
April 6 – 22, 2018

Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time and a huge influence on Ray Charles Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash among others who all knew “you don’t have to be religious to know when you’re in the presence of glory” Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history. Theirs is the rare story that centers on the intimacy of the inner lives of black women and not world politics or degradation.

Call 602-258-8129 or visit http://blacktheatretroupe.org/ for more information