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National Black Theater Plans Next Act in a New Harlem High-Rise

National Black Theater Plans Next Act in a New Harlem High-Rise

The pathbreaking company plans to replace its Harlem home with a 21-story building with apartments, retail and a new theater.

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In the News: Aziza Barnes Tapped for HBO's Pride, Abingdon’s Virtual Short Play Festival Lineup Announced, More

BY ANDREW GANS, RYAN MCPHEE, DAN MEYER

OCT 13, 2020 

Plus: Listen to Meg Toohey, Sara Bareilles, and more perform tribute to late Waitress co-star Nick Cordero.

Read on for some recent theatre headlines and videos you may have missed.

Aziza Barnes Tapped for HBO's Pride Writer Aziza Barnes, whose plays include Pues Nada and Off-Broadway's BLKS, will pen an adaptation of Ibi Zoboi's Pride for HBO. Zoboi's 2019 novel re-imagines Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as a Haitian-Dominican coming-of-age tale. Barnes will also executive produce, reports Deadline, alongside Natasha Rothwell (Insecure) and Alloy Entertainment's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.

Camille A. Brown, Kamilah Forbes, Nikkole Salter, More Take Part in A Call for Revolutionary Theatre 2020 Over a dozen Black theatre artists will write articles that explore tangible strategies for sustaining Black theatre as part of Black Theatre Commons’ A Call for Revolutionary Theatre 2020. The project aims to galvanize change within the industry through grassroots operations. Articles will be released every weekday October 19–30 on BTC’s website and its social media pages (@blacktheatrecommons). Writers include Andy Jean, Awoye Timpo, Camille A. Brown, Candace L. Feldman, Charlique C. Rolle, Claudia Alick, Harold Steward, Jamil Jude, Kamilah Forbes, Keith Josef Adkins, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Nikkole Salter, Sade Lythcott, Sage Crump, Stephanie McKee, Steven G Fullwood, Valerie Curtis-Newton, and Zhailon Levingston.

Storm Lever Will Host The Power of the Womxn's Vote The Hysterical Womxn’s Society presents a virtual discussion entitled The Power of the Womxn's Vote October 14 at 7 PM ET. The free chat, about the urgent need for womxn to exercise their voice, will be moderated by Storm Lever (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) with panelists Halie Soifer (executive director of Jewish Democratic Council of America and former National Security advisor to Senator Kamala Harris), Kwajelyn Jackson (executive director of the Feminist Women's Health Center), and Joanne Grady-Huskey (co-founder and VP of iLive2Lead Young Women's Leadership Program). This event is presented in partnership with Broadway for Biden, Swing from Home, Producing Blue, and the Jewish Democractic Council of America, along with leaders in the Broadway community, including Jessie Hooker-Bailey, Shoshana Bean, Jenn Colella, Grey Henson, Erika Henningsen, Caitlin Kinnunen, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kara Lindsay, Dana Steingold, Alysha Umphress, and Michelle Veintimilla. Register for the discussion here.

Abingdon’s Virtual Short Play Festival Lineup Announced

A two-week festival featuring stories by people of color will virtually take via Abingdon Theatre Company October 19–30. The finalists are Atacama by Augusto Federico Amador, Empress Mei Li Lotus Bottom by Christine Toy Johnson, The Invitation by Alberto Bonilla, Sundown Town by Marcus Scott, Coin Toss by Alexis Sims, and A Picture of Two Boys by Nick Malakhow. Cast members include Andrew Allen, Rin Allen, Kezia Bernard-Nau, Denise Blasor, Danny Bolero, David Castillo, Jacob Dickey, Jose Febus, Brandon Gill, Jeff Gorti, Rebecca Hirota, Deborah Lew, Esau Mora, and Reynaldo Piniella. The winner of the festival will receive a stipend to be used to support further exploration of their piece and be invited to become an artist in residence at the company. Abingdon is also committed to producing the winning piece as part of its Around the Table free reading series. The Jury Panel is comprised of Roberto Araujo, Rashad V. Chambers, Deidre Goodwin, L Morgan Lee, Jaime Lozano, Mauricio Martínez, and Juan Villa.

Meg Toohey, Sara Bareilles, More Perform Tribute to Waitress Co-Star Nick Cordero The late Nick Cordero’s Waitress co-stars got together to create a new song paying tribute to the performer, who passed away from coronavirus complications in July. “Lucky Streak” is written and produced by Meg Toohey, capturing Cordero’s time in New York City and his life on the West Coast with wife Amanda Kloots and their young son, Elvis. Joining Toohey are composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles and the Waitress band: Nadia Digiallonardo, Rich Mercurio, Lee Nadel, Yair Evnine, and Adam Kaufmann. “Getting to sing on Meg Toohey’s gorgeous tribute to our friend Nick was a gift,” said Bareilles. “I wept as I sang. This song is cathartic...beautiful and bittersweet, and speaks of the pain of love and loss and the gentle universal truth that we must hold it all lightly and enjoy our lucky streaks; these perfectly imperfect lives. What a song.”

Lineup Set for Urban Stages Benefit, Mixing Melodies and Margaritas Urban Stages' virtual benefit, Mixing Melodies and Margaritas: Make a Drink, Raise a Glass, Save the Theater, will be available on UrbanStages.org October 22 at 6:30 PM through October 26 at 6:30 PM. The benefit will feature musical performances along with how-to guides for cocktails/mocktails. WBAI host King Downing and theatre writer Michael Riedel will serve as masters of ceremonies with performances and/or appearances by Karen Akers, Aya Aziz, Terence Archie, Jenny Lyn Bader, Trezana Beverley, Reed Birney, Bill Bowers, Jim Dale, Joe Iconis, Lori Brown Mirabal, Sue Matsuki, David Quinones, Ilanna Saltzman, George Salazar, Disnie Sebastien, Tom Toce, and Zhu Yi. Kristian Seemel will serve as the event’s video director with Ryan Belock as video designer and editor. The benefit is free, although donations are encouraged; an online auction continues through October 31.

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MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS AT BOOKEXPO! BOOTH #3008-3009

Come by Booth 3008-3009 for activities, galley giveaways, and signings during both days of BookExpo!

Booth signing tickets will be given out each day at 9AM (for morning events) and 12PM (for afternoon events).

THURSDAY, JUNE 1

9AM - 11AM: Adults’ Librarian and Bookseller Corner!

9AM Signing Ticket Drop - Morning Signings

9:15AM Tote Giveaway: After the Fall by Dan Santat 9:30AM Tote Giveaway: People We Hate At The Wedding by Grant Ginder

10AM Signing: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate 10:15AM Galley Giveaway: Happiness by Heather Harpham 10:30AM Galley Giveaway: The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott 10:45AM Galley Giveaway: Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

11AM Signing: Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates 11:15AM Galley Giveaway: The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs by Janet Peery 11:30AM Galley Giveaway: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust 11:45AM Galley Giveaway: Everything Must Go by Jenny Davis

12PM Signing Ticket Drop - Afternoon Signings

1PM Galley Giveaway: The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks 1:30PM Signing: My Life With Bob by Pamela Paul 1:45PM ALC Giveaway: The Saboteur by Andrew Gross

2PM - 4PM: Kids’ Librarian and Bookseller Corner!

2PM Galley Giveaway: Year One by Nora Roberts 2:30PM Signing: Sourdough by Robin Sloan 2:45PM Galley Giveaway: Thornhill by Pam Smy

3PM Galley Giveaway: The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Ferus 3:15PM Galley Giveaway: Waiting for the Punch by Marc Maron 3:30PM Signing: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz 3:45PM Galley Giveaway: Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

4PM Galley Giveaway: Real American by Julie Lythcott-Haims 4:15PM The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang 4:30PM Signing and Champagne! The Breakdown by B.A. Paris

FRIDAY, JUNE 2

9AM - 11AM: Events Librarian and Bookseller Corner!

9AM Signing Ticket Drop - Morning Signings

9:30AM Chapbook Giveaway: Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides

10AM GALLEY AND TOTE SIGNING. After the Fall by Dan Santat 10:15AM Galley Giveaway: Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi 10:30AM Galley Giveaway: Emoji Code by Vyvyan Evans

11AM Signing: Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker 11:15AM Galley Giveaway: Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu 11:30AM Signing: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins 11:45AM Galley Giveaway: Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris

12PM Signing Ticket Drop - Afternoon Signings

1:30PM Signing: American Drifter by Chad Michael Murray and Heather Graham 1:45PM Galley Giveaway: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

2PM Galley Giveaway: Ageless Soul by Thomas Moore 2:30PM Signing: Last Chance by Gregg Hurwitz 2:45PM Galley Giveaway: The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

3PM Galley Giveaway: The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas 3:30PM Signing: I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin 3:45PM Galley Giveaway: Love Songs and Other Lies by Jessica Pennington

4PM Galley Giveaway: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

**Please note: Only a limited quantity of galleys are available for giveaways and will distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Author signings are ticketed, and tickets will be handed out for morning signings at 9AM and afternoon at 12PM on a first-come, first-served basis.

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#news Whoat. 🙌🏾👏🏾 🎉💐💎👑 Phylicia Rashad's portrait will be one of 28 new faces that will be added to the @smithsoniannpg (Smithsonian’s National Portrait gallery) as a new exhibit titled “Recent Acquisitions” opens on Nov. 16. The new pieces will be added to the gallery’s permanent collection. This year’s selection will highlight influencers in medicine, astronomy, music, literature, art, entertainment and sports with portraits made in a variety of media, including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and photographs. The exhibition will be on view through Nov. 3, 2019. These new acquisitions join more than 23,000 works in the Portrait Gallery’s collection, which represents individuals who have made a significant impact on the history and culture of the United States of America“. The above portrait: "Phylicia Rashad" by Alex Asher Daniel (@alexasherdaniel), acrylic, colored pencil, oil stick, spray paint and collage on paper, 2011. Gift in honor of Michael and Sade Lythcott and Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (@natblacktheatre). 👨🏽‍🎨💗🏛️🖌️ #tuesdayinspiration #portrait #pictureoftheday #newsupdate #phyliciarashad #artwork #art #drawing #pencildrawing #nationalportraitgallery #smithsonian #influencer #impact #culture #fortheculture #history #nationalblacktheatre #wce #nubianqueen #thespian #empress #excellence #theatre #television #film #thursdayart #powerfulwomen #celebration #honors (hier: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkI9RsHYov/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=47ay3qkrmc8c

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MindShift Podcast Season 3 is Coming Soon!

It’s that time of year! We’re back with a new podcast episodes.

This season, we investigate the intangible, and often overlooked, elements of academic success: emotional safety, trust, and relationships. You’ll hear how teacher home visits can help parents see themselves as a valued a partner in their child’s education; how far a public high school goes to develop an inclusive experience for the crucial transition to ninth grade; how parents and schools can address childhood trauma so it doesn’t become an obstacle to learning, and what parents and communities can do to help kids grow.

Join us for new episodes beginning August 28!

Listen on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, NPR One or wherever you get your podcasts.

You can also catch up on earlier episodes that are still relevant today. Hear how middle school principal Michael Essien transformed school discipline by sending counselors to the classroom to help teachers with disruptive students, keeping kids in the classroom; hear former Stanford dean of freshmen Julie Lythcott-Haims talk about how overparenting is creating “existential impotence” among young adults; and how students helped high school teacher Michael Godsey unlock a better way to read and learn English Language Arts through podcasts.

MindShift Podcast Season 3 is Coming Soon! published first on https://greatpricecourse.tumblr.com/

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Discussion: Over-Parenting

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Main Response For this discussion, begin by watching this TED Talk by Julie Lythcott-Haims. Then, review the assigned article by Michael Ungar. Develop a main response in which you address the following questions: How might an over-involved parent complicate the counseling process for children and teens? What strategies would you use to help parents…

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Barbara Ann Teer

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer (June 18, 1937 – July 21, 2008) was an African-American writer, producer, teacher, actress and visionary. In 1968, she founded Harlem's National Black Theatre, the first revenue-generating black theater arts complex in the U.S.

Early life

Teer was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Fred L. and Lila B. Teer, well known as dedicated educators and community leaders. Early in her life, Barbara demonstrated extraordinary gifts and talents. At 15, she graduated from Lincoln High School in East St. Louis. At 19, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in dance education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and immediately travelled to study dance with Antoine Decroaux in Paris and with Mary Wigman in Berlin. Her sister, Frederika Teer, was a Congress Of Racial Equality Field Secretary (organizer)in the north & mid-South from 1960. She and Genevieve Hughes were the first women to hold the title.

Career in the theatre

Following her international travels, Teer came to New York City, where she pursued a career as a professional dancer. She studied with Alwin Nikolais at the Henry Street Playhouse and Syvilla Fort (Katherine Dunham Technique). She toured with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Louis Johnson Dance Company and the Pearl Bailey Las Vegas Revue. In 1961, Teer made her Broadway debut as dance captain in the Tony award-winning musical Kwamina, which was choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Teer performed in the film version of Ossie Davis’s stage play Purlie Victorious. After a knee injury in 1962, Teer switched her primary artistic focus from dance to theatre. She studied with acting luminaries including Sanford Meisner, Paul Mann, Lloyd Richards, and Phillip Burton. Teer crafted a lucrative and successful acting career, receiving numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award and several Obie Awards. Between 1961 and 1966, she continued to perform on and off-Broadway as well as in television and film.

Teer grew disillusioned with the negative stereotypes she came across in her quest for responsible acting roles, making an exception to appear in the 1969 motion picture "Slaves." . In 1963, she co-founded The Group Theatre Workshop with Robert Hooks, which later became the Negro Ensemble Company. Arguing for independence from the white-dominated mainstream, she wrote in a 1968 article in The New York Times:

“We must begin building cultural centers where we can enjoy being free, open and black, where we can find out how talented we really are, where we can be what we were born to be and not what we were brainwashed to be, where we can literally ‘blow our minds’ with blackness.”

National Black Theatre

In 1968, with the emerging cultural consciousness of the African experience, Teer decided to found a new theatrical institution committed to cultural transformation, social change, and historical innovation within African-American communities. Leaving a flourishing career, and following in the activist footsteps of her older sister Fredrica (who had been an organizer with Eldridge Cleaver and Stokley Carmichael), Teer founded the National Black Theatre (NBT). Its mission was self-empowerment, liberation, truth and training for a new generation of artists and creative entrepreneurs. Over five decades, Teer was an agent of change and an eminent curator of the African cultural heritage.

Her representation of authentic cultural traditions of people of African descent born in America was unprecedented. She fashioned a new cultural paradigm by organizing a spiritual and artistic community of people who were conscious of their responsibility as “institution builders.”

Methodology

In addition to her role as a pioneer of Black theatre that reached beyond America, she developed a groundbreaking methodology taught exclusively at the National Black Theatre called “TEER: The Technology of Soul.” TEER Technology utilized the symbolism, rituals, and mythology of authentic West African traditions. It shifted the traditional paradigm of Western theatre from a “self-conscious” art form to “God-conscious” art, allowing artistic expression which thrived on audience participation and was based on “call and response” dialogue embodied in the Black church. The creative process removed the two-dimensional “psychic distance” existing between the artist on stage and the audience. She called it a “Ritualistic Revival — theatre art that flows from the heart.”

Schools and cadre trainings

During the 1970s, NBT continued to be a fertile training ground for actors, singers, dancers, and musicians within the Harlem community and beyond. In 1974, Teer founded the Children’s School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art (CSDIG). Having recently become a mother, she wanted to create a nurturing, loving, and empowering environment in which the children of NBT staff could grow, learn, and thrive in a self-affirming and unfettered manner. A concept ahead of its time, CSDIG enabled the NBT staff to bring their children to work with them and provided them with a priceless education.

Teer wrote, directed and produced a substantial and impressive body of work, including ritualistic revivals (plays) and interactive artistic reviews. She believed theatre and artistic expression were sublime sources of healing and nurturing for the Black community and, in fact, for all of humanity.

Self-determination and real estate

Her unwavering commitment to exploring African artistic expression was complemented by the belief that artists should also be owners/entrepreneurs within the communities where they live, work and serve. Teer viewed artistic expression and ownership as a formidable power source for generating social and political change. In that vein, she purchased a city block of property in Central Harlem on a major business corridor at 125th Street and Fifth Avenue. The National Black Theatre was the sponsoring developer for a 64,000 square feet (5,900 m2) real estate project that became the first revenue-generating Black Theatre Arts Complex in the country.

Honors

For her decades of inspiration and cultural advocacy, Teer was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of Rochester and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from the University of Southern Illinois.

Personal life

Teer had an early marriage to Actor-Comedian Godfrey Cambridge (1962–65) and subsequently had children with Michael Adeyemi Lythcott. She was the mother of two children — son Michael F. "Omi" Lythcott and daughter Barbara A. "Sade" Lythcott.

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