Tag Archives: Black Playwrights

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak the playwrights and directors of the 2022 OnyxFest, who are: Celeste Williams is the writer of “Black Is My Color”. The directors are TaMara E’Lan G. and Manón Voice; Michael Florence is the writer of “Houseless Not Homeless”. The director is Eric Washington; Charla Booth is …

Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Vernon Williams. Vernon Williams is also director of ARTI, the Africana Repertory Theatre of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and  a Communication and Community Strategist at IUPUI. Each year he and ARTI produces ONYXFEST, Indy’s first and only theater festival dedicated to the stories of Black playwrights. Tonight, he is joined by those …

Today’s edition of Bring It On! is divided into two parts. In Part 1, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea share their hosting duties with Vernon William, who is a playwright and organizer of the Onyx Fest, a festival for Black playwrights. They welcome Professor Ansley Valentine, Associate Professor of Theater, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, to discuss …

Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell put a spotlight on the start of Women’s History Month by starting off with a discussion of the theatrical project – “Elizabeth – A Woman of Color”, which is produced by Resilience Productions.  Members of the Resilience Productions team, Danielle Bruce, Gladys DeVane and, our show’s co-host, Liz Mitchell provide a post-analysis of “Elizabeth …