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BlackStage NY
A THEATRE, FILM and TELEVISION Program of
The National Foundation for
Multi-Cultural Literacy, Inc.
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
SOJOURNER TRUTH,
HARRIET TUBMAN.
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON,
ADA OVERTON WALKER,
BOB COLE.
JAMES HEWLITT,
IRA ALDRIDGE,
BERT WILLIAMS.
THE AFRICAN GROVE

DO ANY OF THOSE NAMES RING A BELL?

WHETHER YOU RECOGNIZE SOME OR ALL OF THESE NAMES, MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM AND HAVE NO IDEA OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA.

HELP BLACKSTAGE NY PRESERVE AND TEACH BLACK HISTORY.


BY MAKING A DONATION RIGHT NOW TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR MULTI-CULTURAL LITERACY YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR BLACKSTAGE NY TO TAKE DRAMATIC MATERIAL WHICH INVOLVES THE STORIES OF ACTUAL HISTORICAL CHARACTERS AND LITTLE KNOWN EVENTS TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

TODAY OUR SCHOOLS HAVE LITTLE TIME, OR FEW RESOURCES TO TEACH AN IN-DEPTH HISTORY THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. STAGE PRODUCTIONS BY BLACKSTAGE NY BRING A LIVING KNOWLEDGE, A SENSE OF HERITAGE AND SELF-WORTH TO BLACK YOUTH AND AN DEEPER AWARENESS OF RESPECT FOR BLACK AMERICANS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.


YOUR DONATION SUPPORTS
PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS:


THE BLACK POET SINGS TWO
WATER FROM AN ANCIENT WELL
A SWEETNESS IN THE STRUGGLE
BITTERSWEET BROADWAY
SISTER RABBIT TAKES HARLEM
And many others.......
Each production is accompanied with teacher study guides, concrete ideas and suggested materials for preparation and follow-up activities.

Your donation makes possible BlackStage NY's Enlightenment Through Drama Project for Young Audiences. This program presents a compilation of dramatic scenes, dramatized character studies, monologues, storytelling,poetry, folktales and even a little song-and-dance that explores the history of African Americans in America from 1525 through today.


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1. Which of today's African American performers is likely to go down in history as being "great?"
 ADA OVERTON WALKER
GEORGE WALKER

(Above photo)
George Walker was best known as the partner to Bert Williams in the minstrel team, Williams and Walker. Although Bert Williams, a light-skinned man "blacked up" for performances, Walker, the darker-skinned of the two men, never did.
Ada Walker was George's wife and a phenomenal performer in her own right. When George became too ill to perform just before his death, Ada donned his costume and went on in his place. They say that she was so good that the audience never knew the difference.



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NEW PLAY IN PERFORMANCE

FIFTY FORGIVENESS, a new short play written by Marjorie Edwards has been selected as an alternate for the 2007 Samuel French Festival.  The Festival is annually presented in early June.  Exact dates will be posted soon.

The play stars Robert D'Amato and Willie Anne Gisentanner* as two middling adults confronting each other in their differing acceptances of "young lover" experiences. Directed by Carole Khan-White.  

JAMES HEWLITT
Shakespearean Actor
African Grove Theatre
New York City 1821-1824
When black entrepreneur, actor and playwright William Brown opened his Off-Broadway African Grove Theatre in 1821, he and his starring performer James Hewlitt, along with an all-black cast, performed Shakespearean plays with such skill that they seduced white audiences away from the all-white Park Theatre located a few blocks away. Stephen Price, manager of the Park Theatre, sent rowdies to disrupt the African Grove performances.
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