Offscript: Jamil Jude Wants Playwrights to Come Home
For this episode, the editors talk to the artistic director of Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre about the city, the theatre, and the art form.
For this episode, the editors talk to the artistic director of Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre about the city, the theatre, and the art form.
Efforts like the Black Seed, the Drinking Gourd, Next Wave initiative, and the Sprinkle-Hamlin award are directing funding to develop work by Black artists.
The complete text of speeches by Jamil Jude, Monique Holt, and Nikkole Salter that opened last week’s TCG 2020 virtual conference.
Leon will step down from the Atlanta theatre he co-founded, and Jude, currently an associate a.d., will step up.
With top positions turning over across the country, an historic sea change is possible—and so is more of the same.
From a cellist to a scenic designer, from New Haven to St. Paul, a cohort marked by versatility and vision.