Plays

Objects in the Mirror

Escaping the horrors of his war-torn homeland, Liberian refugee, Shedrick Yarkpai, hopes to begin anew in Australia. But his path to peace . . . more

Daniel Kyri and Allen Gilmore/Photo: Liz Lauren

The Gospel According to James

In 1930, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were publicly tortured then murdered by a white mob in Marion, Indiana . . . more

Free Man of Color

Free Man of Color is the story of John Newton Templeton, formerly enslaved African American who graduated from Ohio University fifty years before the end of slavery . . . more

Gary Houston, Anthony Fleming III, and Shelley Delaney/Photo: Liz Lauren

Knock Me a Kiss

Knock Me a Kiss is a fictional account inspired by the events surrounding the 1928 marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois’ daughter Yolande to one of Harlem’s great poets, Countee Cullen . . . more

Morocco Omari, Yvonne Huff, Celeste Williams, Dexter Zollicoffer, Jason Delane, and Leshay Tomlinson
Photo: Michael Brosilow

Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues

The story of a young African American boy and an aging white vaudevillian thrown together in circumstances beyond their control, Golden Leaf Rag Time Blues explores their unusual connection . . . more

Glenn Barrett and Logan Slater/Photo: Oskar Ahlstrom

Denmark

Pudd’nhead Wilson

Jelly Belly

Freefall

Black Star Line

Cane

City of Gold

The Sutherland

Les Trois Dumas

Shoot the Piano Player

Sister Carrie

Takunda

Young Richard