Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre Announces an Exciting Season of New Plays and Old Favorites
PITTSBURGH-Kuntu Repertory Theatre, based at the University of Pittsburgh, celebrates 33 years of Black theater with an exciting new season that begins Oct. 18.
The 2007-08 season includes:
"Good Black Don't Crack"
By Rob Penny
Oct. 19-Nov. 3, 2007
A revival of this popular classic tells the story of a single mother juggling family, work, and her own need for intimacy.
"Journey of the Spirit: A History of Gospel Music"
By Ernest McCarty
Jan. 24-Feb. 9, 2008
An original play with music, commissioned by Kuntu Repertory Theatre.
"Lavender Lizards & Lilac Landmines: Layla's Dream"
By Ntozake Shange
March 20-April 5, 2008
A fresh look at love, life, relationships, and the need to be wanted, from the acclaimed author of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf"
"Ain't Misbehavin: The Fats Waller Musical Show"
Music by Thomas "Fats" Waller
Book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr.
May 15-31, 2008
Experience Harlem in the 1930s, with the toe-tapping, foot-stomping, and soul-stirring music of Fats Waller.
Auditions for all four plays will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 9 at Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. People of all ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to participate. Actors should be prepared to deliver a short monologue; dancers should prepare a short piece that shows their versatility; and singers should prepare eight bars of two songs-one Gospel and one pop-that show their vocal range. Callbacks are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. the same day. For more information, call 412-624-7298.
More information about each Kuntu play will be forthcoming.
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