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12th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival

12th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival By MMB Theatre 1 Project Directed by Curtis K. Rivers, Artistic Director Welcome To the LILLY Night of TENS "RED - That Other Color Girl "

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12th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival
12th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival

Time & Location

Sep 01, 2019, 7:00 PM

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA

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About The Event

12th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival

By MMB Theatre 1 Project

Directed by Curtis K. Rivers, Artistic Director

Dates: Aug. 18 - Sept 1 2019

Time: 7:30

Showcasing Rochester and local area playwrights, directors and actors.Featuring full length, and one act plays over a two week period. 2019 will be the second year of the "Night of 10 Minute Plays"

Night of TENS Ticket Price each night: $12.00 or 18.00 at the door

Wed August 28 7:30 PM

Thurs August 29 7:30 PM

Various playwrights through the lens of African American life present 10-minute comedic plays incorporating an object in their storytelling.

Karen D. Culley                     “Changes”

Douglas A. Curry               “A Strange Day”

Tess Padmore                     “Umfazi”

Delbra Brown                    “I’ve Fallen and I can’t Get Up”

Curtis K Rivers                   “The Real Reality”

Reuben Tapp                     “Terrorize”    

Gary Dewitt Marshall

Ticket Price each night: $12.00 or 18.00 at the door

Grace Flores "RED - That Other Color Girl " 

Fri August 30 7:30 PM

Sat Aug 31  7:30 PM

Many people have preferences, but what happens when they are imposed on a culture; resulting schisms.  RED, draws the gaze of envy and ire.

Ticket Price each night: $12.00 or $18.00 at the door

Welcome To the LILLY 

Wed August 21 7:30 PM

Thu August  22  7:30 PM

FRI August 23    7:30 PM

Sat August 24    2:00 PM

Sat August 24    7:30 PM

An 1930s African American family opens an inn to aid African American travelers in the heart of the Jim Crow South, but will business of family tear the family business apart before it gets started?

Welcome to the Lilly is the latest in the Green Book Chronicles Series.  Audiences take a trip down south with the Roberts Family as they navigate the family business. 

Ticket Price each night:  $16.00 or $20.00 at the door 

Welcome to the Lilly runs August 21-24, 2019 during the Sankofa Theatre Festival. 

Ticket Price: Two Week Sankofa Theater Pass  $45.00

MMB Theatre 1 Project

A theater company established at Mood Makers Books 2006 focusing on plays by local and regional playwrights.

Tickets

  • Sankofa two week PASS

    This pass gives admittance to the Sankofa Festival Aug 18-Sept 1, 2019

    $45.00
  • Sat Aug 31 7:30 PM

    "Red"

    $12.00

Total

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