This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 29, 2013 - The Black Rep has announced four new-season productions, three of which will be staged at the theater company’s new home at Harris-Stowe State University.
The 37th season begins Dec. 4 with the previously announced “Black Nativity -- a Holiday Celebration,” created by Black Rep founder Ron Himes. Next up will be Jeff Stetson’s “The Meeting,”a dramatic rendering of a meeting that is said to have taken place between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., running Jan. 8-26.
Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf” runs Jan. 30-Feb. 9. And “The Trials of Brother Jero,” which will play at the Missouri History Museum, finishes the season April 9-27.
Prior to the opening of “Black Nativity,” the Black Rep is offering a “New Home Tour” of its space at Harris-Stowe’s Emerson Performance Center. The tour will take place from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16.
Subscriptions are on sale now. “We are thrilled to be able to offer our audiences a scintillating season, in this beautiful setting,” Himes said.
