Black Shakespeare Project

Black Shakespeare Project Our mission is to address and rectify insufficiencies of space held by and for Black bodies and voices in classical education, training, and performance.

Many thanks to those who requested tickets, showed love and support! While we are saddened by the delay in delivering ou...
07/23/2021

Many thanks to those who requested tickets, showed love and support! While we are saddened by the delay in delivering our work to you all, we know that it’s only for now; expect more workshops, residencies, and offerings. We’ll be back soon with more content and care for our community. Ashe 🖤

Join us this Friday, July 23 for the premiere of “Just(ice) Like Waters” a thrilling adaptation of William Shakespeare’...
07/22/2021

Join us this Friday, July 23 for the premiere of “Just(ice) Like Waters” a thrilling adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Tickets are free of charge. Register for our performance by clicking the link in our bio!

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07/20/2021

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Join us July 23 at 2pm and 7pm for the premiere of “Just(ice) Like Waters”, a thrilling adaptation of William Shakespear...
07/16/2021

Join us July 23 at 2pm and 7pm for the premiere of “Just(ice) Like Waters”, a thrilling adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This production is in partnership with and sponsored by . Black Shakespeare Project recreates The Tempest through the lens of Transformational Justice.

“How do we seek justice for ourselves and heal after harm? What is life ‘after oppression’? How do we decolonize?Through the specified and acute lens of our Blackness and intersectional identities, we examine the dynamics of power, greed, enslavement, and recovery often untended to in this text."

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TONIGHT @ 7PM ET — catch the cast of “Cold Keener” in this uproariously funny play written by and adapted/directed by ...
04/10/2021

TONIGHT @ 7PM ET — catch the cast of “Cold Keener” in this uproariously funny play written by and adapted/directed by Courtney Bryan Devon () This production is made in partnership with No Exit Teatre Collective ()

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Tune in TONIGHT @ 5:30pm ET for “Color, Culture, Comedy: Conversations on Black American Theatre, Cultural Agency, and S...
04/09/2021

Tune in TONIGHT @ 5:30pm ET for “Color, Culture, Comedy: Conversations on Black American Theatre, Cultural Agency, and Storytelling”, facilitated by founding Artistic Director Ray DuBois (), Executive Director Courtney Bryan Devon () and Board Member/overall Baddie Bryanna Bradley (). This is a community “Teach-In” linked to our production of “Cold Keener” by Zora Neale Hurston made in partnership with

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Hey soul fam,New Years vibrations on high! We hope this update finds you in warmth and blessings. We are excited to shar...
01/04/2021

Hey soul fam,

New Years vibrations on high! We hope this update finds you in warmth and blessings. We are excited to share that Black Shakespeare Project will be represented at the 2021 Shakespeare Theatre Association Virtual Conference.

Accessibility has been and remains one of the founding pillars of our company. For centuries, Black folk have been shut up and shut out from access to classical training, education, performance, and development opportunities in a predominantly white run industry. For us, it is imperative that spaces like this are accessible for any Black folk who would like to be in attendance.

For Black educators, current or future artistic leaders, and classical revolutionary minds that desire to be in attendance - we have a free full entry access code for the conference that we'd be delighted to share with you. For the code, message us here or shoot an email to [email protected]

Until very Soon,

Black Shakespeare Project

03/16/2020

A letter from the team:

Greetings everybody!

We want to take a moment to thank everyone who reached out to us these past weeks with love, affirmation, and curiosity about our Breathe My Soul Black Shakespeare Laboratory. We’ve received interest forms from all sorts of folk and we are deeply moved by the enthusiasm for this space.

At Black Shakespeare Project, we have a mission to cultivate Safe, Open, and Strongly held space for Black folk to engage with Shakespeare’s poetry. In that, we’ve been staying alert to updates from public health professionals in regards to that nasty Rona, Covid-19. After much elaboration, we have collectively decided to join institutions all over in taking preventative measures by suspending all face-to-face programming. There will be no breathing of souls in group settings on our watch until further notice.

In this time, we cannot help but notice the parallels at play between the modern and the classical. When theaters closed up due to the plague at the end of the sixteenth century, Shakespeare was keeping it moving, writing some of his richest poetic texts — So, we’re going to do the same. We're going to keep it moving. We’ll be taking this time to continue developing our initiatives, engaging with folk through social media, creating content, and creating joy.

We are so eager to get up on our feet and vibrate text together. For now, let's do what we can to protect ourselves and those around us. Read some poetry. Write some poetry. Feel your feet rooted into the earth. Let your brave belly go. Feel your breath. Breathe your soul. Generally, take care.

Love and light to all!

Until soon,

The Team at Black Shakespeare Project.

Come vibrate and move with us in our Black Shakespeare Laboratory, Breathe My Soul — a dedicated space steeped in Black ...
02/29/2020

Come vibrate and move with us in our Black Shakespeare Laboratory, Breathe My Soul — a dedicated space steeped in Black camaraderie designed to marry the individual experiences and cultural vocabulary of Black folk with Shakespeare’s poetry. First, fill out one of these interest forms, so that we know who’s down for the cause! For more information on the lab, visit Blackshakespeareproject.org/breathemysoul [ Faculty announcements for the first lab coming soon ] ✊🏽

In our efforts to cultivate safe, open, and strongly held space for Black folk looking to engage in this work, we take great care in becoming familiar with those we welcome into the space. Interested in Vibratin' and Shakin' with us at Black Shakespeare Project? Fill out the form below so we can beg...

02/15/2020

Frederick Douglass was known as an admirer of William Shakespeare to many in Washington, DC, where he spent the 25 years of his life.

02/04/2020

Happy Black History Month Everybody! We are stepping into this month full of pride, joy, and gratitude. Our fundraising campaign raising money for the Breathe My Soul Black Shakespeare Laboratory received an outpour of support from folk far and wide and it is thanks to this support, that the Breathe My Soul Lab is becoming a reality. To those that donated, shared, told your people, thank you for getting down with our cause. We cannot wait to step into this space and make some magic! Information on who’s involved with the lab and how to get involved with the lab coming at you very soon. Stay tuned and be blessed! ✊🏽

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Black Shakespeare Project was founded in 2019 during Black History Month with a mission to address the insufficiency of space held by and for Black bodies and voices in Shakespeare performance and training. Likewise, Black Shakespeare Project exists to examine the reverently intertwined relationship between Black identity and Shakespeare's poetry. We believe that Shakespeare's language was written to be a full Body/Mind experience and, in our workshops and artistic endeavors, We explore the depths of this poetry within Ourselves.

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