OTF 2021
Our inaugural season was an amazing success!
In just a short time we were able to celebrate an amazing collection of original Black Stories, feature the work of emerging Black voices, and illuminate the rich diversity of experiences relevant to the African diaspora in America.
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YOU CAN STILL ENJOY OUR CONTENT FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN COUCH!
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(original premiere date)
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
7:00 pm EST
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Featuring:
Jessica Care Moore
Betty Alexandria Pride
Nicole Johnson Williams
David Caroll
John Sloan III
PAPA JENNINGS IS GONE
(original premiere date)
THURSDAY, March 25
7:20 pm EST
The patriarch of the family has passed away. His widow is devastated. Wait, just how did he die?
​Written by: Aseneth Elizabeth Parker
Directed by: Jasmin Richardson
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20/20
(original premiere date)
THURSDAY, March 25
8:00 pm EST
When two people are entangled by a shared love and past, a long night together reveals their hidden regrets and leaves them asking, “What if?”
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Written by: Carollette Phillips &
Edmund Alyn Jones
Directed by: Brian Demar Jones
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MAKIN' BOND
(original premiere date)
FRIDAY, March 26
7:15 pm EST
They said there would NEVER be a Black James Bond then came Bond. James Bond.
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Written by: Louis Johnson
Directed by: Kelli Crump
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METAPHOR IN 3 ACTS
(original premiere date)
FRIDAY, March 26
8:00 pm EST
In this circular philosophical narrative, a group of strangers awake, confined in a room with no exits. The adage “what side are you on” boils to a breaking point when two people who look, sing, dance, and pray like each other have opposing viewpoints about the urgency of the situation. Ultimately, this play is about the struggle of sustained uprisings in a freedom movement.
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Written by: Maria A. Judice
Directed by: Mykai Eastman
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MOTHERS BOYFRIEND IS
AN ASS
(original premiere date)
SATURDAY, March 27
7:20 pm EST
A play that reveals what happens when you mix a simple outing to Walmart, two best-friends experiencing a mid-life crisis, a mysterious boyfriend, and Tina Turner!
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Written by: Shashone Lambert Short
Directed by: Mykai Eastman
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DEAR LIL'
(original premiere date)
SATURDAY, March 27
8:00 pm EST
Author Morgan Heyward chronicles her experience as growing up in a mixed race household, graduating from a diverse high-school and attending a predominantly white college
Institution.
Written by: Morgan Heyward
Directed by: Casaundra Freeman
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A nightly collection of music centering Black artists, composers, and lyricists.
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Featuring:
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Lulu Fall (Broadway Actress)
Lyons & Pakchar (Broadway writing team) Kris Johnson (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Nicole Johnson Williams (Motor City Dance Factory)
Betty Alexandria Pride (Baker's Keyboard Lounge)
Brian Buckner
Mike Sandusky
Paris Mason
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