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2022 Season Announcement | THE OBSIDIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
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2022 Season Announcement | THE OBSIDIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL

Join us for the 2nd Annual Obsidian Theatre Festival Our 4 Playwright Finalists are: Shawntai Brown and “We Own Everything”: Three cousins decide over a game of pool who has rights their late uncle's car and who has rights to the city of Detroit. Brandy Victoria Durham and “Wild Horses”: Two unsuspecting campers discover they are being hunted by a dangerous island predator. A bear? A snake? Worse, a "Karen." Mykai Eastman and “Miss Education”: The life you want is not always the life you need. Marshall Schaffer and “A Rodeo Clown”: An African American rodeo clown finds himself caught in the torrent of the entertainment business where his life is always on the line. Our 4 Playwright Finalists are: Shawntai Brown and “We Own Everything”: Three cousins decide over a game of pool who has rights their late uncle's car and who has rights to the city of Detroit. Brandy Victoria Durham and “Wild Horses”: Two unsuspecting campers discover they are being hunted by a dangerous island predator. A bear? A snake? Worse, a "Karen." Mykai Eastman and “Miss Education”: The life you want is not always the life you need. Marshall Schaffer and “A Rodeo Clown”: An African American rodeo clown finds himself caught in the torrent of the entertainment business where his life is always on the line. Each play will be performed at The Boll Theatre in Downtown Detroit. Our 2 Musical Theatre Finalists are: Ann Eskridge and Alton James with “The Chicken Never Crossed”: Through urban renewal, Hastings street in Detroit will make way for a highway. One business is hoping that they don’t get a notice to move. Lyricist and Composer, Jerome Parker with “Frieda, or The Red, Blue or Black” : FREIDA or THE RED, BLUE and BLACK, follows Freida as she matures and seeks revenge on the officer who murdered her father. MT performances will be at the Detroit Opera House. Our 2 Cabarets, featuring Lulu Fall and Ben Will will take place at the Aretha Jazz Cafe at the Music Hall. #OTF22 #obsidianfest www.obsidianfest.org
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