04/15/10- 05/09/10 |
MAHALIA presented by Dorothy O. Kirsch
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
April 15-May 9, 2010
Dorothy O. Kirsch presents
MAHALIA
April 15th – May 9th
Written by Tom Stolz
Directed by A. J. Tucker
Starring Deborah Manning Thomas as Mahalia
Sold out - April 17th, 18th, 22nd, 25th, 29th & May 2nd
Equal parts gospel musical, biography and revival meeting, ‘Mahalia’ creates a spirited look at Mahalia Jackson, ‘The Queen of Gospel Music,’ and is guaranteed to lift you out of your seats...
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03/11/10- 03/28/10 |
Shakespeare's Women
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
March 11-March 28, 2010
In celebration of Women's History Month, we stage scenes, soliloquies and songs to present an imaginative exploration of the Bard's women, from his celebrated leads (Rosalind, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth) to his lesser-known but no less intriguing ladies (such as Othello's Emilia and Henry VI's Joan). Shakespeare's female characters represent not only the many faces of womanhood; they illuminate the depth of human experience. Directed by Leslie ‘Stickey’ Reddick.
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03/06/10- 03/07/10 |
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring (Children's Play)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
March 6-March 7, 2010
Rebeca Adeleman and the Hohenberg Foundation present – They Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring. The morning after the big Detective's Ball, the Queen wakes to discover the Royal Ring is missing. To ensure the Royal Ring gets found, the Queen calls on every detective in the kingdom. This cute and quirky 45-minute production answers the age-old question, "how many detectives does it take to find a ring?" Directed by Maya Robinson.
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02/04/10- 02/28/10 |
Piano Lesson
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
February 4-February 28, 2010
The play – awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 – takes place in Pittsburgh in 1936. The play centers on a piano that was once traded by the Charles’ family's white master for two of the family's ancestors. Boy Willie and Berniece, the siblings who inherit the piano, argue about whether or not to sell it. Berniece's climactic refusal to allow Boy Willie to move the piano exorcises the ghost of the white slave owner who has been haunting the family. This play is directed by...
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01/07/10- 01/24/10 |
Willie & Esther
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
January 7-January 24, 2010
Willie and Esther are a longtime couple with long-term troubles. When it seems their luck is about to run out they hatch a plan, because "Don't nothing beat a failure but a try." Hilarious, touching, and real as a bad day, this play's truth is that sometimes the only way to overcome your troubles is to laugh at them with someone you love.
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12/03/09- 12/27/09 |
Black Nativity
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
December 3-December 27, 2009
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP sponsors Black Nativity – a retelling of the classic Nativity story with an entirely Black cast. Traditional Christmas carols are sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show. Originally written by Langston Hughes, the show was first performed on Broadway on December 11, 1961. Directed by Ekundayo Bandele. Musical Director – Marsha Neely. Choreography by Collage Dance Collective.
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10/29/09- 11/15/09 |
For Colored Girls
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
October 29-November 15, 2009
A series of twenty poems, this play is performed through a cast of nameless women, each known only by a color: "Lady in Yellow." The performances of the nine actresses are focused on their specific stories; i.e., Lady in Green embodies youthful determination as she runs away from home to live with Dominican liberator Toussaint L’Ouverture. The play ends evoking the power of womanhood as the Lady in Brown begins the mantra “I found God in myself/ and I loved her/ I loved...
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09/24/09- 10/11/09 |
A Streetcar Named Desire
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
September 24-October 11, 2009
Set in New Orleans following World War Two, Blanche DuBois, exiled from her hometown for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy, shows up at her sister Stella’s doorstep. When Blanche claims she has recently loss the family plantation, Stelle’s boyfriend Stanley demands to see the bill of sale – this sets-off Blanche and Stanley’s war. When Stanley’s friend Mitch arrives on the scene, Blanche begins to see a way out of her predicament. Yet, as rumors of Blanche's...
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09/05/09- 10/24/09 |
Hattiloo in the Park September 5 - October 24, 2009
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
September 5-October 24, 2009
Hattiloo in the Park is a series of free performances that takes theatre beyond its traditional four walls and out to the community. Sponsored by First Tennessee Foundation, Tennessee Arts Commission, Federal Express, City of Memphis Parks Division, and Center City Commission, the free performances will take place each Saturday,noon - 3p.m ., from September 5 to October 24, in 8 Memphis parks that were selected to represent the entire city. In each community, Hattiloo Theatre will perform a...
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08/13/09- 09/06/09 |
God's Trombones (A Musical)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
August 13-September 6, 2009
Avg. Event Rating (1.5 Stars):
Inspirational sermons of Black preachers are re-imagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and eloquence of spirituals. This play is a celebration of the power and passion that comes out of both the pulpit and the choir-stand.
Written by James Weldon Johnson
God's Trombones Review by ArtsMemphis Rants & Ravers Bo List
“The old-time Negro preacher is rapidly passing. I have here tried sincerely to fix something of him”.
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| 05/16/09 |
Annual Hattiloo Block Party
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
May 16, 2009
Hattiloo brings to you some of Memphis' most dynamic bands!!!
FREE FREE FREE FREE
Bring a lawn-chair...
Bring a picnic blanket and chill across the street on the grass...
But come ready to...
ROCK THE BLOCK!!!
Information and donation booths for United...
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05/07/09- 05/24/09 |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (Musical)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
May 7-May 24, 2009
Hattiloo is ending its 3rd season with this dynamic production.
This all-singing, all-dancing show celebrates the Black American experience with a series of pseudo-inspirational tunes focusing on such topics as rat-infested tenements and slumlords, the joy and strife of ghetto life, student protests, black power, and feminism. The music is a mixture of gospel, calypso, and soft rock.
SPONSORED BY DOROTHY O. KIRSCH
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (Musical)
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04/02/09- 04/19/09 |
Back to the Water Again
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
April 2-April 19, 2009
Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars):
The winner of Hattiloo’s first Faith-Based playwriting contest, this tender and often comical play introduces you to four siblings who all grew up as PKs (preacher’s kids). Linked by unconditional love, they journey through the hardships that rise from prison life [on both sides of the walls] and struggle to observe the faith that their minister-father and prayerful mother instilled in them.
Faith-Based Contest Winner
BACK TO THE WATER AGAIN
Written by: Joyce...
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03/12/09- 03/22/09 |
A TEMPEST (Drama)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
March 12-March 22, 2009
A Tempest was written as a post colonial response to The Tempest by William Shakespeare. The story is the same: a big storm, an angry Duke who's been usurped by his brother, all the devoted courtesans, and, of course, the natives. This play deals mostly with the natives, Ariel and Caliban. It is Cesaire's comment on the colonization of the "New World."
A TEMPEST (Drama)
Written by: Aime Cesaire
March 12 – 22
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01/29/09- 02/15/09 |
The Colored Museum
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
January 29-February 15, 2009
The Colored Museum satirizes the Black experience in America in the 1980’s. Although the play is controversial, its comedy is found through satirical, exaggerated images of black life. The Colored Museum accentuates the extreme stereotypes of Blacks by splitting the show up into eleven vignettes, or museum exhibits.
Audience’s Pick
THE COLORED MUSEUM
Written by: George C. Wolfe
January 29 – Febebuary 15
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12/18/08- 01/04/09 |
If Scrooge Was A Brother (Musical)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
December 18, 2008-January 4, 2009
It’s Christmas Eve and Eb Scroo is seeking to snuff out the season’s cheer by demanding that all debts owed him be satisfied before nightfall. Facing imprisonment or a Christmas without presents and a feast, the residents are desperate. In this urban spin of Dicken’s Christmas Carol the ghosts and characters are icons of Black culture and the songs stem from the traditions of gospel, R&B, and even reggae.
If Scrooge Was A Brother (Musical)
Written...
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11/20/08- 12/07/08 |
FENCES (Drama)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
November 20-December 7, 2008
Fences presents a slice-of-life in a black tenement in Pittsburgh. Set in the late 1950s through 1965, the main character, Troy Maxson, struggles for fairness in society, which seems to offer none. In his struggle he builds barriers between himself and his family. Troy also wrestles with the idea of death and claims that he sees death as nothing but a fastball, something he can handle.
FENCES (Drama)
Written by: August Wilson
November 20 – December 7
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| 11/08/08 |
Art Bazaar Hattiloo - The Color of Theatre
Hattiloo Theatre
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10/23/08- 11/02/08 |
ANNIE (Musical)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
October 23-November 2, 2008
Due to the cruel orphanage matron, Miss Hannigan, Annie, a spunky orphan, decides to run away and find her parents. After being captured and returned, billionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to invite an orphan over to his house for Christmas and Annie is chosen. The two quickly hit it off and he agrees to help Annie find her parents. This play includes the songs ‘Tomorrow,’ ‘I Think I’m Going to Like it here,’ and many others.
ANNIE (Musical)
Written...
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09/18/08- 10/05/08 |
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA (Drama)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
September 18-October 5, 2008
This production takes us on the journey through the life of Phelia – a girl born into the depths of poverty in the heart of the segregated South. Phelia finds her painful childhood and reckless adolescence transformed by opportunity and courage as the Civil Rights movement sweeps through the Delta.
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA (Drama)
Written by: Endesha Ida Mae Holland
September 18 – October 5
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09/04/08- 09/06/08 |
Richard Wright at One Hundred:
National Civil Rights Museum
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at National Civil Rights Museum
September 4-September 6, 2008
Richard Wright at One Hundred: Hattiloo Theatre, First Tennessee Foundation, National Civil Rights Museum, Rhodes College and Joysmith Gallery, all team up to celebrate renowned Black author Richard Wright.
Richard Wright at One-Hundred is a collaborative retrospective of the author, in which the First Tennessee Foundation has made it possible for Hattiloo Theatre to partner with the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM), Joysmith Gallery, and Rhodes College, to commemorate the birth...
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08/21/08- 09/07/08 |
MAHALIA (Musical)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
August 21-September 7, 2008
Equal parts gospel musical, biography, and revival meeting, Mahalia creates a spirited look at Mahalia Jackson, "The Queen of Gospel Music," and is guaranteed to lift you out of your seats with such songs as "His Eye is on the Sparrow," "How I Got Over," and "Move On Up a Little Higher." In Hattiloo’s first season, this production brought down the house with praise and foot-stomping.
Back By Popular Demand
MAHALIA (Musical)
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| 07/12/08 |
Hattiloo Annual Block Party
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
July 12, 2008
This year's block party is going to be the best yet. We will have 7 Bands in the back parking lot and it is FREE! tell your friends. The party will be from 4 pm- 7 pm on July, 12th.
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04/25/08- 05/11/08 |
SPUNK: George C. Wolfe
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
April 25-May 11, 2008
Utilizing the blues, choral narrative, and dance, three tales focus on men and women trapped inside the "laughin' kind of lovin'...that comes from being human."
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03/14/08- 03/30/08 |
Topdog/Underdog: Susan-Lori Parks
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
March 14-March 30, 2008
Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. This fable tells the story of Lincoln and Booth; two brothers whose names foretell a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
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02/08/08- 02/17/08 |
The Starry Road to Freedom: Darius Wallace
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
February 8-February 17, 2008
Witness Frederic Douglas transform from a slave into an emancipator, by using courage, literacy, and charisma as his tools.
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01/18/08- 02/03/08 |
MACBETH (In Partnership with Opera Memphis)
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
January 18-February 3, 2008
Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers weep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil.
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| 01/12/08 |
Sushiloo
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
January 12, 2008
Learn the art of rolling sushi and relish the fish of your labor. 5 course authentic Japanese meal.
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01/04/08- 01/06/08 |
The Magic of Kim Edmonds
Hattiloo Theatre
Presented by Hattiloo Theatre
at Hattiloo Theatre
January 4-January 6, 2008
An evening of magic, mind-reading, and fantasy. Combining theatrical elements, with music, comedy, audience-participation, and cutting-edge illusions.
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