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12/07/2019

https://youtu.be/wxAoHI82rT4

This is a promotional video for a stage production featuring a cast delivering songs and sermons with foot stomping soul and energy.

12/05/2019

Come out and see CGT’s latest production

12/03/2019

04/26/2017

03/20/2015

03/20/2015

Common Ground Theatre (CGT) will present the Off Broadway hit “CROWNS” April 16 – May 3, 2015, at The Educational Cultural Complex in San Diego. This exuberant gospel style musical by playwright Regina Taylor, is adapted from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry’s book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats.

CROWNS is a moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of African American history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. Some rap but predominantly gospel music and dance underscore and support the narratives. The conclusion finds the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young black Brooklyn woman has been so at odds with the more traditional and older Southern blacks, embracing hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own fiercely independent identity.

“CROWNS” will be performed at the Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean View Blvd., San Diego, CA 92113, from April 17 – May 3, 2015. Regular performances will be Fridays and Saturdays, (April 17-18, 24-25, and May 1-2) at 7:00 P.M.; and Sundays (April 19, 26, and May 3) at 2:00 P.M. Ticket prices are $25 for General Admission; $20 for Students/Military/Seniors; and $15 for children age 12 and under.

For information and tickets, contact Common Ground Theatre at (619) 272-3209 or go to cgtsd.org.

05/10/2014

Thank you to all who attended to support the Common Ground Theatre Youth STARS program Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the event a success. Savasana

04/12/2014

The silent auction at the gala on May 3 will feature some fabulous items. Take a peek at these OLD GR**GO boots and bags u can bid on.

04/05/2014

Leon Matthews as Wendal Bailey and Leslie Madariaga as Dr. Weinberg in Common Ground Theatre-San Diego production of Before It Hits Home. Sept 2013

04/05/2014

Common Ground Theatre-San Diego 50th Anniversary Gala. Reservations recommended.