Valerie Curtis Newton Playmakers Repertory Company

Valerie Curtis Newton Playmakers Repertory Company Valerie is the founding artistic director of the hansberry project – an african american theatre lab. she has previously served as the artistic director of hartford connecticut’s performing ensemble, inc. and the artistic director for seattle’s ethnic cultural theatre. Northwest regional rep. currently the head of directing at the university of washington school of drama, valerie curtis newton also serves as the founding artistic director for the hansberry project, a professional african american theatre lab. she has worked with professional theatres across the country including: the guthrie theatre, denver.

Valerie Curtis Newton Headshot Web Color Playmakers Repertory Compa Blues for an alabama sky. by pearl cleage directed by valerie curtis newton. joy. struggle. that’s why they call it the blues. new york in the summer of 1930. the hopeful notes of the harlem renaissance haven’t rung true for angel, a failed cotton club singer, and her group of friends. About trouble in mind “trouble in mind,” which opened friday on the proscenium stage, is by large measure the season’s best production. joe haj will direct “south pacific” this summer so there are still golfers on the course but valerie curtis newton’s sharp and honest staging of alice childress’ script is the leader in the clubhouse. Playmakers repertory company proudly presents “blues for an alabama sky,” a play by pearl cleage. the production runs from september 7 to september 25 and is directed by valerie curtis newton. Curtis newton landed in seattle in 1993, more than a decade after the demise of the black arts west theater company and decades after the negro repertory company of the 1930s had shuttered. “i’m gonna need to fight some battles to do what i need to do,” she remembers thinking, before starting in the mfa program at the university of.

Valerie Curtis Newton Playmakers Repertory Company Playmakers repertory company proudly presents “blues for an alabama sky,” a play by pearl cleage. the production runs from september 7 to september 25 and is directed by valerie curtis newton. Curtis newton landed in seattle in 1993, more than a decade after the demise of the black arts west theater company and decades after the negro repertory company of the 1930s had shuttered. “i’m gonna need to fight some battles to do what i need to do,” she remembers thinking, before starting in the mfa program at the university of. Fortunately, playmakers repertory company either didn’t get the memo or chose to eschew it in favor of pearl cleage’s beautifully written, poignant blues for an alabama sky, onstage now under the direction of valerie curtis newton. this play is, indeed, a slice of life show, but it’s not a slice of life you get to see very often. By dominique morisseau directed by valerie curtis newton. history isn't a straight line. mar 5–23, 2025. this groundbreaking play weaves a tapestry of parallel struggles for two brilliant black women living centuries apart.

Valerie Curtis Newton Stage Directors And Choreographers Society Fortunately, playmakers repertory company either didn’t get the memo or chose to eschew it in favor of pearl cleage’s beautifully written, poignant blues for an alabama sky, onstage now under the direction of valerie curtis newton. this play is, indeed, a slice of life show, but it’s not a slice of life you get to see very often. By dominique morisseau directed by valerie curtis newton. history isn't a straight line. mar 5–23, 2025. this groundbreaking play weaves a tapestry of parallel struggles for two brilliant black women living centuries apart.