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Join us for the 1st New Jersey Black Theatre Festival!
The Black Theatre Festival 2020
is the premiere training and educational event for NJCAC.
June 5, 6, 7, 2020
Where Black Lives
Enrich
Black Lives
Join us for three days of master classes, workshops, and performances on all things theatre, specifically designed for artists of color. Sample classes include audition techniques, scene study, movement, script analysis and rehearsal techniques to name just a few. A listing of sessions can be found below and will be lead by professionals in the arts. The Festival will also include plenary sessions which will provide attendees an opportunity to hear from celebrated and award-winning artists of color, and attendance at performance by one of New Jersey's premiere professional theatre companies.
The closing session will include attendance at Two River Theater's production of Lackawanna Blues starring Tony award winner actor, director and educator Ruben Santiago Hudson
There will also be plenty of time for networking. Be on the lookout for additional information, but plan to join us in June of 2020. The festival will be packed with theatre professionals and dedicated community participants who want to learn and to up their game.
The closing session will include attendance at Two River Theater's production of Lackawanna Blues starring Tony award winner actor, director and educator Ruben Santiago Hudson
There will also be plenty of time for networking. Be on the lookout for additional information, but plan to join us in June of 2020. The festival will be packed with theatre professionals and dedicated community participants who want to learn and to up their game.
Sample Sessions
Dance (for both movers and shakers) | History of Black Arts Movement/Theatre |
Voice and Diction | Meet and Greet with Professional and Community Theatre companies in NJ |
Monologues | Casting Concerns |
Script Analysis | Starting and Running a Theatre Company |
Scene Study | Behind the Scenes/Stage Crew |
Audition Techniques | African Movement and Dance |