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Amplify Black Voice Theatre Festival – New Plays!
April 23, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sponsored by Greater Greensboro Theater Consortium
Nick & the Prizefighter by Kamilah Bush
Directed by UNCG School of Theatre Director, Natalie Sowell
Dates:
Apr. 22 at 7:30 p.m. (Talkback with playwright after the show)
Apr. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Apr. 24 at 3 p.m.
Tickets: TBA
Age Rating: PG 13
Run Time: TBA
Location: Bennett College’s Little Theatre
Nick and the Prizefighter Summary:
Selah Thompson is the caregiver for her famous playwright father, Forest Thompson. Nick Beerman, a young writer and dramaturg is tasked with helping Forest complete his life’s work before the clock runs out. Selah must fight for control of her father’s work, his legacy and find her own rhythm as she prepares to face the world without him. Nick & the Prizefighter is a play that questions who owns the stories we tell and how we share experiences across cultures.
About the Amplify Black Voice Theatre Festival 2024:
Building on Greensboro’s rich legacy of social justice and engagement in the Civil Rights Movement, Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro unites seven local college theater departments to collaboratively produce four theater performances focusing on African American lives and history. Staged at four different college theater venues in Spring 2024, the cast and crews for each will be blended from the seven departments. After each performance, the actors and director will return to the stage to reflect on the significance of Black lives and stories and racial inequity. Our target audience includes university/college communities, the greater Greensboro community, and Guilford County Public Schools.
