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• Feature: MOJOAA Immersive Production of ‘Escape to Freedom’ Provides Snapshot of Antebellum Slave Life

  By Kenneth Hinton on October 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Keep your head down. Never look the slave masters (white owners) in the eye. These are some of the most striking instructions the audience is given during the MOJOAA immersive production Escape to Freedom. Escape to Freedom is a tour… Read More ›

• Theater Review: Chilling Raleigh Little Theatre Production of ‘Blood at the Root’ Packs a Punch

  By Kenneth Hinton on October 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Raleigh Little Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root leaves the audience with more questions than answers. Inspired by the true story of six black students in Central Louisiana who were charged with the attempted murder of… Read More ›

• Theater Review: PlayMakers’ Production of ‘Native Son’ May Be Hard to Watch, but is a Must-See

  By Kenneth Hinton on September 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, directed by Colette Robert, is aptly described by PlayMakers Repertory Company as, “When You Look in the Mirror What do you see?” Based on Wright’s 1940 novel, Bigger Thomas struggles… Read More ›